especially: any of various machines for reaping grain
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Matt with his stick; the reaper with his scythe.—Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026 At harvest, reapers took what was in the mix, both cultivated and wild.—Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026 These friends-to-enemies must navigate their complicated feelings for each other while solving the mystery of why reapers are turning part-human again.—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025 But when a patient recognizes him from his dangerous past, Brown has eight hours to elude the government, mob hitmen, quack surgeons, and a trail of dead gangers to beat the reaper somehow.—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for reaper
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First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of reaper was
before the 12th century