reaper

Meaning

Noun

One who reaps; a person employed to harvest crops from the fields by reaping.
A machine used to harvest crops.

Origin

From Middle English reper, repare, repere, *riper (the last, attested only in surnames Ryper, Riper, etc.), from Old English rīpere, equivalent to reap + -er.

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