reaper

Meaning

1. One who reaps; a person employed to harvest crops from the fields by reaping.
2. A machine used to harvest crops.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, capitalized, ellipsis, often) Ellipsis of Grim Reaper.
4. A recluse spider (Loxosceles and Sicarius spp.).

Synonyms

harvester

mower

harvestman

reaping machine

cropper

puller

shearer

thresher

vintager

field worker

grass cutter

harvesting implements

gatherer

husbandman

lath

picker

Translations

segador

moissonneur

moissonneuse

mietitore

θεριστική μηχανή

récolteur

messor

Schnitter

θεριστής

Mäher

orakçı

mietitrice

faucheur

Mähder

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹiːpɚ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: reper

Inherited from Old English: rīpere

In summary

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.