reaper
Noun

reaper (plural reapers)

  1. One who reaps.
  2. A machine used to harvest crops.
  3. (often, with initial capital) Short for Grim Reaper#English|Grim Reaper.
    • 1976, Buck Dharma (Blue Öyster Cult), "Don't Fear the Reaper" (song)
      Don't fear the Reaper / We'll be able to fly
    • 1999, Karl S. Guthke, The Gender of Death: A Cultural History in Art and Literature (page 7)
      Why is the Grim Reaper a man? True, the noun ending would theoretically allow us to visualize the reaper as a woman as well, but we don't.
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