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Reaper (Noun)

Someone who helps to gather the harvest.

Nouns denoting people.

The farmer hired a reaper to help him bring in the wheat crop on time.
As a reaper, she spent long hours in the fields, gathering in the ripe barley.
The reaper worked tirelessly from dawn till dusk, collecting the oats and storing them in the barn.
The young reaper was proud of the role he played in helping his family's farm thrive.
The reaper's skill with the scythe was unmatched, and he was always the first to finish his section of the field.

Death personified as an old man or a skeleton with a scythe.

Nouns denoting people.

The grim reaper loomed in the doorway, his scythe at the ready.
Death rode a horse through the streets, reaper in hand, claiming victim after victim.
According to myth, the reaper appears only to those whose time has come, summoning them to the afterlife.
As the plague ravaged the land, the reaper became a common sight, reaping souls by the thousands.
The medieval artist's woodcut depicted a somber reaper standing atop a pile of skulls, surveying his dominion.

Farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields.

Nouns denoting man-made objects.

The farmer climbed aboard the reaper to begin harvesting the wheat.
A reaper is a type of farm equipment used to cut and gather crops such as oats and barley.
The reaper moved slowly across the field, its blades slicing through the tall stalks of corn.
The farm's old reaper had been replaced with a newer model that was more efficient and reliable.
As the reaper made its way through the field, it left behind a trail of neatly bundled hay.