harvester
Americannoun
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a person who harvests; reaper.
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any of various farm machines for harvesting field crops.
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an orange-brown butterfly, Feniseca tarquinius, the larvae of which are predacious on aphids.
noun
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a person who harvests
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a harvesting machine, esp a combine harvester
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Origin of harvester
Example Sentences
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Residents had been moved from a local Harvester restaurant to the nearby Begbrook Social Club around noon on Sunday, and police declared a major incident.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
The Scout wasn’t made by a familiar automotive brand: International Harvester was a Chicago-based farm equipment company that shut down about 40 years ago.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2024
Scout Motors made gasoline-powered vehicles for about 20 years when it was owned by International Harvester.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2024
Harvester stopped building the Scout and Travelall in 1980, but Volkswagen's Traton SE business acquired U.S. truck maker Navistar in 2020, which owns the Scout name.
From Reuters • Mar. 1, 2023
At Pier 41 the transpacific ocean liner President Madison snapped her hawsers and careened into the steamboat Harvester, sinking her.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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