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Added 9 October 2026

reaper

/ˈɹiːpɚ/ noun

In Latin: messor Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about reaper at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

One who reaps; a person employed to harvest crops from the fields by reaping.
A machine used to harvest crops.
Ellipsis of Grim Reaper.

noun

Each of the small laths laid across the rafters of a sloping roof to bear the tiles.

Origin

From Middle English reper, repare, repere, *riper (the last, attested only in surnames Ryper, Riper, etc.), from Old English rīpere (“reaper”), equivalent to reap + -er.

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