harvester

English

A potato harvester

Etymology

harvest +‎ -er

Noun

harvester (plural harvesters)

(archaic) A person who gathers the harvest.
A machine that gathers the harvest.
A North American butterfly, Feniseca tarquinius, whose larvae eat aphids and are the only entirely carnivorous caterpillars in North America
Any butterfly of the lycaenid subfamily Miletinae to which this belongs, which are all carnivores

a harvester butterfly

Derived terms

combine harvester

Translations

person who gathers the harvest

Bulgarian: жътвар m (žǎtvar)
Catalan: colliter m
Finnish: sadonkorjaaja
French: moissonneur (fr) m, moissonneuse (fr) f
Gallo: faouchou m
German: Erntehelfer (de) m, Erntehelferin (de) f
Greek:
Ancient: θεριστής m (theristḗs)

Irish: buainteoir m, fómharaí m
Italian: mietitore, raccoglitore (it), vendemmiatore, falciatore (it)
Latin: messor m
Volapük: (♂♀) klopan, (♂) hiklopan, (♀) jiklopan

machine that harvests

Bulgarian: жътварка f (žǎtvarka)
Finnish: elonkorjuukone
French: moissonneuse (fr) f
German: Ernter m, Vollernter m
Hungarian: aratógép (hu)

Irish: buainteoir m
Italian: mietitrice (it) f, fienatrice
Norman: avouôteux m, dgèrbeux m, scieux m
Spanish: cosechadora (es) f
Turkish: biçerdöver (tr)

See also

reaper

Anagrams

Everharts, reharvest

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