reaper
[
ree
-per]
/ˈri pər/
noun
1.
a machine for cutting standing grain;
reaping machine
.
2.
a person who
reaps
.
3.
Grim Reaper
.
Origin of
reaper
before 1000;
Middle English
reper,
Old English
ripere.
See
reap
,
-er
1
British Dictionary definitions for
reaper
reaper
/
ˈriːpə
/
noun
1.
a person who reaps or a machine for reaping
2.
the grim reaper,
death
Word Origin and History for
reaper
n.
Old English
ripere
, agent noun from
reap
(v.). As the name of a personification of death, from 1839.
reaper
in Technology
A
prowler
that GFRs files. A file removed in this way is said to have been "reaped".
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