“reapers” is a form of
reaper
/ˈɹiːpɚ/ noun
Forms reapers
- noun One who reaps; a person employed to harvest crops from the fields by reaping.
- noun A machine used to harvest crops.
- noun A recluse spider (Loxosceles and Sicarius spp.).
- noun (India, obsolete) Each of the small laths laid across the rafters of a sloping roof to bear the tiles.
Synonyms
Etymology
From Middle English reper, repare, repere, *riper (the last, attested only in surnames Ryper, Riper, etc.), from Old English rīpere (“reaper”), equivalent to reap + -er.
Webster’s 1913
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “reaper”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details