reaper
- noun
- /ˈriːpər/
- Archaic
- Is the grizzly reaper mowing?
Examples
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The lady and the reaper
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I'm a reaper from the stars.
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But now is the end of days... ...and I am the reaper.
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Because we the people are the ultimate reaper of failed presidents.
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For everything there is a season; the reapers and the harvest aren't quite ready yet.
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Go on, you Reapers!
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The underside of that Reaper drone is fixed with a big-ass antenna, snarfing the hardware ID of anything that broadcasts.
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30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn.
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The reaper cut down the golden wheat in the warm afternoon sun.
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At harvest time, the skilled reaper worked diligently to collect the ripe corn.
Synonyms
A person who chooses or gathers items, often fruit
A person or machine that collects crops when they are ready
A small farmer who grows and gathers food plants
A person who cuts grain by hand with a sickle
Compounds
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Morphology
reaper = reap (transparent) = reap + er
Agentive formation from the verb 'reap' using '-er', meaning 'one who reaps', which is a productive and clear pattern.
Etymology
Reaper comes from the verb reap, meaning 'to cut and gather grain'. The ending -er means 'one who does something', so a reaper originally meant a person who cut and gathered the harvest, and it still has that meaning today.