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harvester

/ˈhɑːvəstə/HAHR-vuh-stur
/ˈhɑɹvəstɚ/HAHR-vuh-stur

Meaningone who harvests

Common meaning: a reaper

Other meanings: a harvesting machine

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishhærfest‘autumn’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishheruestsource
  3. Englishharvest‘the gathering in of crops’
  4. Englishformed in English from harvestharvester‘a reaper’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from harvest + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), HARVEST, p.256 · scan

Source words

  • hærfest Old English · source word “autumn”

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