harvester
Americannoun
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harvesters
plural
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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
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Filling up his seven tractors, two semitrailer trucks and a combine harvester for the year cost about $11,500 in 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
With a roar, the apple harvester starts up.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
"Sometimes the wheat's too dry, so the grain is too small and risks being thrown out with the straw" by the combine harvester, said Franck Laborde, FNSEA's head of climate risk.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
Mills farms 4,000 acres with five tractors and a harvester.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
And so the shrimp harvester ground on until it reached the corner where the fence turned right.The road continued north toward a low range of hills.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
Modern tractors and combine harvesters are so high in technology such as GPS steering that it's no longer such a leap to consider autonomous harvesting.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
This season, Yerxa said he’s paying roughly double for the diesel he uses to power the farm’s tractors, combines, harvesters and dozens of other heavy-duty machines.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
For mezcal producers and harvesters, that could make sustainable production more complicated.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 26, 2026
Such changes would violate warranties and could wear down components and risk breakdowns as tractors and harvesters age, the company has said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
The drums of war had not yet silenced the laughter of the harvesters, but Aziz felt the first pinch of heartache when her father didn’t return on the appointed day.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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