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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"We won't even bother to bring the harvester in here", says George Scott, Master Cider Maker at Rich's Cider.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
The harvester sweeps along, filling a large trailer with cider apples that Neil and his team have spent all year trying to grow, only to throw away.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
He said he would hang on until next week to cut his wheat, for fear the combine harvester would spark a fire in the parched crop.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 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
A plume of dust rose from the back of Ton-Ton’s harvester.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
Moving clockwise from the lower right, our eye takes in the ducks, the cattle, the human trio, the driver, the hayricks and the harvesters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
Nebraska farmer Guy Mills figures he has spent more than half a million dollars over the past eight years on repairs to his Deere DE 1.07%increase; green up pointing triangle tractors and harvesters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
He said he had seen videos that showed flocks of ravens hovering behind the harvesters so they could “feast on the carnage.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2025
Mechanization soon followed, with threshing machines and combine harvesters leaving less behind for gleaners to collect.
From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2025
But Aziz never heard the harvesters laugh again.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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