reaper

== English == === Pronunciation === (American English) IPA(key): /ˈɹiːpɚ/ Rhymes: -iːpə(ɹ) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English reper, repare, repere, *riper (the last, attested only in surnames Ryper, Riper, etc.), from Old English rīpere (“reaper”), equivalent to reap +‎ -er. ==== Noun ==== reaper (plural reapers) One who reaps; a person employed to harvest crops from the fields by reaping. A machine used to harvest crops. (often capitalized) Ellipsis of Grim Reaper. A recluse spider (Loxosceles and Sicarius spp.). ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== reap ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== reaper (plural reapers) (India, obsolete) Each of the small laths laid across the rafters of a sloping roof to bear the tiles. ===== References ===== Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “reaper”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […]. === Anagrams === Pearre, Perera, rerape