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/ˈɹiːpɚ/ · noun
One who reaps; a person employed to harvest crops from the fields by reaping..
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
Use reaper when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Reaper means One who reaps; a person employed to harvest crops from the fields by reaping..
Common synonyms include harvester.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Even as we looked some rumour seemed to have spread, for we saw the reapers hurrying from the fields.
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