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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Etymology
Origin of harvester
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The harvester is out in this Somerset orchard, but the apples have rotted before they ripened, because of the drought.
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
Philip is a harvester of periwinkles, but says the sea snails - a delicacy in the Niger Delta - are hard to come by these days in the mangroves and swamps.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
When his harvester broke down in 2023, the repairs cost him $73,000, and the work was done at one of Deere’s authorized dealers because he had nowhere else to go.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
The soil was littered with boulders, the spaces between with deep sand, where the harvester wallowed and complained before struggling on.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
Lower market prices for farm commodities and higher costs for fuel and fertilizer have eroded farmers’ incomes, causing them to refrain from buying new tractors, harvesters and other equipment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Illinois-based Deere dominates North American sales of high-horsepower tractors, with new models costing around $500,000 and harvesters reaching $1 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
Mechanization soon followed, with threshing machines and combine harvesters leaving less behind for gleaners to collect.
From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2025
The industry is turning to robot harvesters, hydroponic tabletop farming and other developing technologies to address some of those challenges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2024
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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