Reaper
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- noun
- /ˈriːpər/
- Literature
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- Probably better than just sitting around waiting for the reaper as they do now.
- the Grim Reaper
- Death, the Reaper
And Fred came back out in the Grim Reaper costume and play the guitar.
- And Fred came back out in the Grim Reaper costume and play the guitar.
- You know, the Grim Reaper is is is upgrading his technology.
- Like when I hear the doorbell, I'm like, oh, maybe it's the Grim Reaper.
- And my spotter, Pemberton, he's like, oh, like the Reaper, Blue, Blue, Blue Öyster Cult.
- And in the little corner there was a big Santa Muerta Reaper refugee.
- The grim Reaper is loving, loving, absolutely loving my laundrette.
- So there's an SNL skit with Will Ferrell that he wrote about Don't Fear the Reaper, where as Bruce Dickinson is the producer.
- And all that shit that fails though going on was there was that Grim Reaper still having, still sleeping with this woman as well.
- OK, so the grim Reaper says OK, wish granted.
- And all this is left is Grace Jones, Britney Spears and the Grim Reaper.
Examples
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I'm the one who saved you from the reaper.
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The Grim Reaper was coming, and I had nowhere to hide.
Fiction book (2001) -
Do you fear the day when the Reaper calls for you?
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We beat the Reaper by living well and living fully.
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I'm still trying to ward off the Grim Reaper as much as I can.
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So, when will the Reaper come for the noble hardback or the paperback beach books?
Blog text (29) -
The BRA's appointment with the Grim Reaper will go ahead as scheduled.
Blog text (1) -
Tall, thin, and angular, in black clerical garb, he looks like the grim reaper.
Fiction book (1995) -
Do you fear the day when the Reaper calls for you?
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I'm still trying to ward off the Reaper as much as I can.
Synonyms
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A figure in stories that represents the end of life
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A figure who represents death, shown as a skeleton with a scythe
A Mesopotamian demon who brings death as the messenger of the underworld goddess Ereshkigal
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Reaper = reap (semi-transparent) = reap + er
Formally an agent noun from 'reap' + '-er', but the specific sense 'Grim Reaper' (death personified) is a metaphorical extension not directly deducible by all learners.
Etymology
The word Reaper comes from the Old English word reap, which means 'to cut and gather' crops for a harvest. People pictured Death as a farmer with a scythe who 'reaps' souls like crops, so the Reaper became a name for Death.