noun
- a person who harvests; reaper.
- any of various farm machines for harvesting field crops.
- an orange-brown butterfly, Feniseca tarquinius, the larvae of which are predacious on aphids.
noun
- a person who harvests
- a harvesting machine, esp a combine harvester
“a reaper,” 1590s; agent noun from harvest (v.). Meaning “machine for reaping and binding” is from 1847.