reaper

noun5

1. •
   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. — 1913
2. •
   Ellipsis of Grim Reaper.

   • Don't fear the Reaper / We'll be able to fly — 1976
3. •
   A machine used to harvest crops.
4. •
   A recluse spider (Loxosceles and Sicarius spp.).
5. •
   (India, no longer used) Each of the small laths laid across the rafters of a sloping roof to bear the tiles.