reaper

[ ree-per ]

/ ˈri pər /

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noun

a machine for cutting standing grain; reaping machine.

a person who reaps.

Grim Reaper.

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Origin of reaper

before 1000; Middle English reper,Old English ripere.See reap, -er¹

Words nearby reaper

reamer, rean, reanalysis, reanimate, reap, reaper, reaping machine, reappear, reapply, reappoint, reapportion

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How to use reaper in a sentence

A cartoon on FreedomWorks’ website shows the grim reaper, with an IRS briefcase in one hand and a scythe in the other, stalking a businessman at a bus stop.
The Great Inheritors: How Three Families Shielded Their Fortunes From Taxes for Generations|by Patricia Callahan, James Bandler, Justin Elliott, Doris Burke and Jeff Ernsthausen|December 15, 2021|ProPublica
He’s the Slim Reaper, dealing death blows to opponents whenever the Nets use him at the 5.
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Reapers, building on that experience, were armed from the start.
The US military has been testing out Reaper drones over Hawaii|Kelsey D. Atherton|October 7, 2021|Popular-Science
And, unlike any of the other software, there are versions of Reaper for Mac, Windows, and Linux, the world’s most-used open-source operating system for desktop computers.
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Reapers require human pilots at remote consoles for the entire time they are in operation.
DARPA’s Gremlin drones could be reloaded while airborne|Rob Verger|June 16, 2021|Popular-Science
The Air Force has enough MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper drones.
Exclusive: U.S. Drone Fleet at ‘Breaking Point,’ Air Force Says|Dave Majumdar|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Part Grim Reaper, part angel, this deathly saint had few followers, and they mostly worshipped in private.
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One of those is Neal Blue, the co-owner and CEO of General Atomics, the company that makes the Predator and Reaper drones.
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Our feeble attempts to push back the Grim Reaper only sharpen its cruel bite, not dull it.
The New World of Anti-Aging Dentistry|Kent Sepkowitz|June 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
George “The Reaper” Foyet (“Omnivore”) “The Reaper” made for perhaps the most emotionally draining episode of Criminal Minds yet.
'Criminal Minds'' 7 Most Crazed Killers: From Human Marionettes to "The Reaper"|Kelsey Meany|September 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The development of the self-binding reaper on our western grain-fields has opened a gold mine for Sisal cordage.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge|Various
The old childish love for her mother had revived in all its force, during this long fight with the reaper of souls.
The Daughters of Danaus|Mona Caird
The reaper must leave something for the gleaner; even the ox cannot be muzzled as he treadeth out the corn.
Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 of 8|Various
In the following year came Stephenson's steam whistle; and in the year following came the McCormick reaper.
Invention|Bradley A. Fiske
Soon as thought of, he unsheathed his hunting-knife, and set to cutting the grass, as reaper with “hook and crook.”
The Vee-Boers|Mayne Reid

British Dictionary definitions for reaper

reaper

/ (ˈriːpə) /

noun

a person who reaps or a machine for reaping

the grim reaper death

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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