Reaper Definition & Meaning

reaper
noun
  1. someone who helps to gather the harvest
  2. Death personified as an old man or a skeleton with a scythe
  3. farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields

"Reaper" in song lyrics

See how reaper is used in real songs:

  • "Granddaddy Flow sneakers, rest in peace to Grym Reaper"
    9th Prince — Grandfather Flow
  • "A lifeline of spectacular expansion leaves the reaper"
    Aesop Rock — Oxygen
  • "Got them paranoid, tryin' to avoid the Grim Reaper"
    Akon f/ KAM — The New Message

Usage tips for "reaper"

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