People or machines that harvest crops, especially grain, by cutting them down and gathering them.
From Old English 'ripan' meaning 'to reap' or 'to harvest.' The word originally referred to the ripeness and ready state of crops, then to the action of gathering them.
Death has been called 'the Grim Reaper' for centuries because medieval farmers understood that harvesting separates the living grain from the field—a metaphor for life's end.
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