REAPER

harvester, reaper

(noun) farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields

harvester, reaper

(noun) someone who helps to gather the harvest

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

reaper (plural reapers)

One who reaps.

A machine used to harvest crops.

(often, with initial capital) Short for Grim Reaper.

Anagrams

• Pearre, Perera, rerape

Source: Wiktionary


Reap"er, n.

1. One who reaps. The sun-burned reapers wiping their foreheads. Macaulay.

2. A reaping machine.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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