Reaper
[ree-per] /ˈri pər/
noun
1.
a machine for cutting standing grain; .
2.
a person who .
3.
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/ˈriːpə/
noun
1.
a person who reaps or a machine for reaping
2.
the grim reaper, death
n.
Old English ripere, agent noun from reap (v.). As the name of a personification of death, from 1839.
A prowler that GFRs files. A file removed in this way is said to have been “reaped”.
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