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reaper

rea·per

US/ˈɹiːpɚ/ fairly common

noun

1.

someone who helps to gather the harvest

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2.

Death personified as an old man or a skeleton with a scythe

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3.

farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields

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Origin

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.

Phrases

  • Grim Reaper
  • Norwood reaper

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