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harvester

American  
[hahr-vuh-ster] / ˈhɑr və stər /

noun

  1. a person who harvests; reaper.

  2. any of various farm machines for harvesting field crops.

  3. an orange-brown butterfly, Feniseca tarquinius, the larvae of which are predacious on aphids.

harvester British  
/ ˈhɑːvɪstə /

noun

  1. a person who harvests

  2. a harvesting machine, esp a combine harvester

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Etymology

Origin of harvester

First recorded in 1580–90; harvest + -er 1

Example Sentences

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Mr Maughan, a father of two, said the gang cut out GPS systems from vehicles on the farms, including from his combine harvester.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025

Mr Aird's combine harvester will, weather willing, be harvesting all day, live on the website.

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2025

So, Ravinder Dahiya and colleagues wanted to create a multi-source energy harvester that could generate power from both wind and rain.

From Science Daily • Jan. 17, 2024

An average harvester would gather about 400 metric tons of nodules per hour from the CCZ floor; that's 67,000 metric tons per week.

From Scientific American • Aug. 15, 2023

When the growing cycle was over,Ton-Ton came out with a huge, slow-moving harvester.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

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