harvester
[hahr-vuh-ster]
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.
RELATED WORDS
rancher, peasant, laborer, producer, grower, tender, reaper, gardener, agriculturist, clodhopper, horticulturist, villein, homesteader, gleaner, feeder, planter, agriculturalist, cropper, sower, sharecropper
Origin of harvester
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Examples from the Web for harvester
Historical Examples of harvester
However, something prompted me to draw the midnight harvester out.
The owner of the land furnished the horse for the harvester.
The Young Farmer: Some Things He Should KnowThomas Forsyth Hunt
The sickle of Cronus is thus brought into connection with the sickle of the harvester.
Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1Andrew Lang
Collector for a harvester company in Nebraska, going from farm to farm by buggy.
The JobSinclair Lewis
Since the great failure, he has been in the harvester business only intermittently.
The Romance of the ReaperHerbert Newton Casson
harvester
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