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a person who harvests grapes for making wine | a person who harvests grapes for making wine | ||
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| − | farm worker, farmhand, field hand, fieldhand | + | |
| − | a hired hand on a farm | + | * farm worker, farmhand, field hand, fieldhand, a hired hand on a farm |
The noun reaper refers to a person who harvests crops. If your part-time job involves harvesting corn by hand, then you're a reaper. Reaper can also refer to a piece of farm equipment used to harvest crops, especially grains. | The noun reaper refers to a person who harvests crops. If your part-time job involves harvesting corn by hand, then you're a reaper. Reaper can also refer to a piece of farm equipment used to harvest crops, especially grains. | ||
| − | + | It's not a coincidence that reap looks a lot like the word ripe. When the crops are ripe — in Old English, "ready for reaping, fit for eating" — a reaper, either human or mechanical, can harvest them. Reap means "to cut grain with a hook or sickle." This might remind you of the Grim Reaper, the personification of death in art, movies, and stories, who is shown carrying a sickle and is said to be the harvester of souls. | |
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Словник Бориса Грінченка
Жнець, женця, зв. женче, м. Жнець. Ой. на горі та женці жнуть. Макс. 105. Ум. Женчик. Наша пані пишна проти женчиків вийшла. Чуб. ІІІ. 234.
Сучасні словники
Словник української мови: в 11 томах. — Том 2, 1971. — Стор. 538.
ЖНЕЦЬ, женця, чол. Той, хто жне хлібні рослини. Всі женці стояли мовчки; в їх руках наче заклякли жмені жита та серпи (Нечуй-Левицький, II, 1956, 186); — У Кирила золоті руки! Він і швець, і жнець, і в дуду грець... (Олександр Копиленко, Хата хлопчика.., 1957, 4).
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Іноземний словник
reaper
- someone who helps to gather the harvest
Synonyms:
* harvester
Types:
* vintager
a person who harvests grapes for making wine Type of:
- farm worker, farmhand, field hand, fieldhand, a hired hand on a farm
The noun reaper refers to a person who harvests crops. If your part-time job involves harvesting corn by hand, then you're a reaper. Reaper can also refer to a piece of farm equipment used to harvest crops, especially grains. It's not a coincidence that reap looks a lot like the word ripe. When the crops are ripe — in Old English, "ready for reaping, fit for eating" — a reaper, either human or mechanical, can harvest them. Reap means "to cut grain with a hook or sickle." This might remind you of the Grim Reaper, the personification of death in art, movies, and stories, who is shown carrying a sickle and is said to be the harvester of souls.
