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harvester

[ hahr-vuh-ster ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person who harvests; reaper.
any of various farm machines for harvesting field crops.
an orange-brown butterfly, Feniseca tarquinius, the larvae of which are predacious on aphids.

harvester

/ ˈhɑːvɪstə /

First recorded in 1580–90; harvest + -er ¹

If a man has hired a harvester, he shall give him eight gur of corn per year.

And yet there is a new type of harvester that has been used in San Joaquin valley, California.

One day a harvester who ventured far up a shallow brook was captured by a grizzly bear.

The self-binding harvester was borne on the shoulders of the Marsh harvester.

Combined harvester and thresher—Matteson, United States, 1886.

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