Reaper

English

Noun

Reaper (plural Reapers)

1. One who reaps.
2. A machine used to harvest crops.
3. Reaper Shortened form of "The Grim Reaper", the angel of death.

   Don't fear the Reaper,/ We'll be able to fly. — Lyrics from Don't Fear the Reaper by Blue Öyster Cult

Derived terms

• the Grim Reaper

Related terms

• reap

Thesaurus

Bauer, agriculturalist, agriculturist, agrologist, agronomist, coffee-planter, collective farm worker, crofter, cropper, cultivator, dirt farmer, dry farmer, farm laborer, farmer, farmhand, gentleman farmer, granger, grower, harvester, harvestman, haymaker, husbandman, kibbutznik, kolkhoznik, kulak, muzhik, peasant, peasant holder, picker, planter, plowboy, plowman, raiser, rancher, ranchman, rustic, sharecropper, sower, tea-planter, tenant farmer, tiller, tree farmer, truck farmer, yeoman

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːpə(r)

Translations

one who reaps

Dutch: maaier (nl) m. Finnish: elonkorjaaja French: récolteur (fr) m. Hungarian: arató (hu) Italian: mietitore (it)

Polish: żniwiarz (pl) m. Russian: жнец (ru) (žnec) m. Spanish: cosechador (es) m., cosechadora (es) f. Turkish: orakçı (tr)

machine used for harvesting — see harvester

the Grim Reaper — see Grim Reaper