Synonyms for reaper
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ree-per |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈri pər |
Définition of reaper
Origin :- Old English ripere, agent noun from reap (v.). As the name of a personification of death, from 1839.
- noun harvester
- Now he was a ploughman (spring), now a fisherman (summer), now a reaper (autumn).
- Extract from : « The Book of Hallowe'en » by Ruth Edna Kelley
- The harvest-time reminded the Bretons of the garnering by that reaper, Death.
- Extract from : « The Book of Hallowe'en » by Ruth Edna Kelley
- This is cut with the reaper and binder just after the wheat plant has flowered.
- Extract from : « Wheat Growing in Australia » by Australia Department of External Affairs
- A reaper is to have in time of corn-harvest 2d., the first week in August, and 3d.
- Extract from : « Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 461 » by Various
- He was fading fast, waning with the waning summer, and conscious that the Reaper was at hand.
- Extract from : « Mugby Junction » by Charles Dickens
- On the spot which the thorns usurped, the reaper gathers only straw and chaff.
- Extract from : « The Parables of Our Lord » by William Arnot
- The wheat was ready for the reaper, and the full heads were swelled to bursting.
- Extract from : « The Love Story of Abner Stone » by Edwin Carlile Litsey
- It is said that "the struggle for bread ceased when the reaper was put on the market."
- Extract from : « History of Linn County Iowa » by Luther A. Brewer
- All his family watched as the reaper headed toward the grain.
- Extract from : « Historic Inventions » by Rupert S. Holland
- The field was hilly and rough, and the reaper careened about in it like a ship in a gale.
- Extract from : « Historic Inventions » by Rupert S. Holland
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