reaper
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reaper¹
- /ˈɹiːpɚ/
Rhymes with -iːpə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English reper, repare, repere, *riper (the last, attested only in surnames Ryper, Riper, etc.), from Old English rīpere (“reaper”), equivalent to reap + -er.
noun reapers
- One who reaps; a person employed to harvest crops from the fields by reaping. Even as we looked some rumour seemed to have spread, for we saw the reapers hurrying from the fields.
- A machine used to harvest crops.
- Ellipsis of Grim Reaper Thereafter when their cups were brimmed anew with foaming wine the Red Foliot spake among them and said, “O ye lords of Witchland, will you that I speak a dirge in honour of Gorice the King that the dark reaper hath this day gathered?”
- A recluse spider (Loxosceles and Sicarius spp.).
reaper²
- /ˈɹiːpɚ/
Rhymes with -iːpə(ɹ)
noun reapers
- Each of the small laths laid across the rafters of a sloping roof to bear the tiles.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: harvester, mower, shooter, tail, killer, raking, queue, death, dead, unsub, gleaner, harvestman, harvestee, cropper, reeder, sickleman
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noun one who reaps
| Español | cosechador, cosechadora, segador |
|---|---|
| Português | ceifador, ceifeiro, segador |
| Français | moissonneur, récolteur |
| Deutsch | Schnitter, Mäher, Mähder |
| Italiano | mietitore, raccoglitore, vendemmiatore |
| Ελληνικά | θεριστής theristís |
| Русский | жнец žnec |
| العربية | حَصَّاد ḥaṣṣād |
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