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
Etymology
Origin of harvester
Example Sentences
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“Nobody’s mandating anything to you. If you want to drive, like I do, a ‘79 International Harvester Scout that is sweet as hell … knock yourself out.”
From BBC • Oct. 11, 2024
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
Miss Trixie was watching a freighter from Monrovia depart with a dockful of International Harvester tractors.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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