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harvester

[hahr-vuh-ster] / ˈhɑr və stər /
NOUN
farmer
Synonyms
STRONGEST
grower laborer peasant producer rancher
STRONG
Reaper agriculturalist agriculturist agronomist breeder clodhopper cob cropper cultivator feeder gardener gleaner homesteader horticulturist planter plower sharecropper sower tender tiller villein
WEAK
country person grazer hired hand

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When his harvester broke down in 2023, the repairs cost him $73,000, and the work was done at one of Deere’s authorized dealers because he had nowhere else to go.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

Mills farms 4,000 acres with five tractors and a harvester.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

Moffett suggests the cone ants may be feeding on tiny, energy-rich particles they remove from the harvester ants' bodies, possibly fragments from the seeds the larger ants collect.

From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026

Over several days, Moffett observed at least 90 harvester ants interacting with the smaller cone ants, which belong to an undescribed species in the genus Dorymyrmex.

From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026

Fidelito could have skipped faster than the shrimp harvester moved.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer