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Meaning of Reaper | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈɹiːpɚ

Definitions

  1. Each of the small laths laid across the rafters of a sloping roof to bear the tiles.
  2. One who reaps; a person employed to harvest crops from the fields by reaping.
  3. A machine used to harvest crops.
  4. Ellipsis of Grim Reaper.
  5. A recluse spider (Loxosceles and Sicarius spp.).

Equivalents

العربية المفغرة حصاد
Bosanski maher
Català segador
Čeština sekáč žnec
Ελληνικά θεριστής
עברית קוצר
Hrvatski maher
Magyar arató
Bahasa Indonesia pembabat
Latina messor
Македонски жетвар
Nederlands maaier
Русский жнец
Српски maher
Türkçe orakçı
Українська жнець

Examples

“Even as we looked some rumour seemed to have spread, for we saw the reapers hurrying from the fields.”
“Thereafter when their cups were brimmed anew with foaming wine the Red Foliot spake among them and said, “O ye lords of Witchland, will you that I speak a dirge in honour of Gorice the King that the dark reaper hath this day gathered?””
“Don't fear the Reaper / We'll be able to fly”
“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.”
“She told me she wanted to meet the reaper I had only done her a favor She didn't deserve to die But I deserved to kill her”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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