reaper
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• noun
A personification of death, traditionally depicted as a cloaked skeleton carrying a large scythe (often capitalized and preceded by 'Grim').
"The medieval mural portrayed the Grim Reaper waiting patiently at the edge of the village."
A person who cuts and gathers ripe grain or other crops at harvest time.
"Before the invention of modern farm equipment, a skilled reaper could cut about an acre of wheat in a single day."
An agricultural machine used for cutting and harvesting standing grain crops.
"Cyrus McCormick's mechanical reaper revolutionized nineteenth-century agriculture across the American Midwest."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'ripere', meaning a harvester, derived from the verb 'ripan' (to reap or cut grain) plus the agentive suffix '-er'.
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