harvester

/ˈhɑrvəstər/
noun
  1. A person who gathers crops from the fields.
    • Each harvester carried a basket to collect the ripe apples.
    • The harvesters worked from dawn until dusk during the wheat season.
    • My grandfather was a harvester in the rice paddies of his village.
  2. A machine used to gather crops, such as a combine harvester.
    • Modern harvesters can cut, thresh, and clean grain in one pass.
    • The farmer drove the harvester across the cornfield.
    • We rented a small harvester for the vegetable garden.