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harvester

noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who gathers the harvest (harvests the crop).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: person

2

noun

Meaning 2

A machine that gathers the harvest (harvests the crop).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A type of heavy forestry vehicle employed in cut-to-length logging for felling, delimbing and bucking trees; an instance of this type.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, forestry

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A program or algorithm that gathers data from a source.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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5

noun

Meaning 5

A North American butterfly species, Feniseca tarquinius, whose larvae eat aphids and are the only entirely carnivorous caterpillars in North America; an individual of this species.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 6

Any butterfly of the lycaenid subfamily Miletinae to which this belongs, which are all carnivores.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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7

noun

Meaning 7

A finnock (a young sea trout).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Ireland

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8

noun

Meaning 8

farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: reaper

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: farm machine

Narrower terms: binder, reaper binder, combine, header

9

noun

Meaning 9

someone who helps to gather the harvest

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: reaper

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: farmhand, fieldhand, field hand, farm worker

Narrower terms: vintager

History

Etymology

From harvest + -er.

Across languages

Translations

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حَصَّاد (ḥaṣṣād) — person who gathers the harvest
  • Bulgarian: жътвар (žǎtvar) — person who gathers the harvest
  • Catalan: colliter — person who gathers the harvest
  • Finnish: sadonkorjaaja — person who gathers the harvest
  • French: moissonneur — person who gathers the harvest
  • French: moissonneuse — person who gathers the harvest
  • Gallo: faouchou — person who gathers the harvest
  • German: Erntehelfer — person who gathers the harvest
  • German: Erntehelferin — person who gathers the harvest
  • Greek: θεριστής (theristís) — person who gathers the harvest
  • Ancient Greek: θεριστής (theristḗs) — person who gathers the harvest
  • Irish: buainteoir — person who gathers the harvest
  • Irish: fómharaí — person who gathers the harvest
  • Italian: mietitore — person who gathers the harvest
  • Italian: raccoglitore — person who gathers the harvest
  • Italian: vendemmiatore — person who gathers the harvest
  • Italian: falciatore — person who gathers the harvest
  • Northern Kurdish: pale — person who gathers the harvest
  • Latin: messor — person who gathers the harvest
  • Macedonian: же́твар (žétvar) — person who gathers the harvest
  • Macedonian: же́тварка (žétvarka) — person who gathers the harvest
  • Norman: dgèrbeux — person who gathers the harvest
  • Norman: avouôteux — person who gathers the harvest
  • Norman: scieux — person who gathers the harvest
  • Pannonian Rusyn: жач (žač) — person who gathers the harvest
  • Pannonian Rusyn: жачка (žačka) — person who gathers the harvest
  • Russian: жнец (žnec) — person who gathers the harvest
  • Russian: жни́ца (žníca) — person who gathers the harvest
  • Spanish: cosechador — person who gathers the harvest
  • Volapük: klopan — person who gathers the harvest
  • Volapük: hiklopan — person who gathers the harvest
  • Volapük: jiklopan — person who gathers the harvest
  • Arabic: حَصَّادَة (ḥaṣṣāda) — machine that harvests
  • Bulgarian: жътварка (žǎtvarka) — machine that harvests
  • Catalan: recol·lectora — machine that harvests
  • Finnish: elonkorjuukone — machine that harvests
  • French: moissonneuse — machine that harvests
  • German: Ernter — machine that harvests
  • German: Vollernter — machine that harvests
  • Hungarian: aratógép — machine that harvests
  • Irish: buainteoir — machine that harvests
  • Italian: mietitrice — machine that harvests
  • Italian: fienatrice — machine that harvests
  • Macedonian: же́тварка (žétvarka) — machine that harvests
  • Norman: avouôteux — machine that harvests
  • Norman: dgèrbeux — machine that harvests
  • Norman: scieux — machine that harvests
  • Portuguese: ceifeira — machine that harvests
  • Portuguese: gadanheira — machine that harvests
  • Portuguese: segadeira — machine that harvests
  • Russian: жне́йка (žnéjka) — machine that harvests
  • Russian: жа́тка (žátka) — machine that harvests
  • Spanish: cosechadora — machine that harvests
  • Turkish: biçerdöver — machine that harvests
  • Welsh: cynaeafydd — machine that harvests
  • Finnish: harvesteri — forestry machine
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