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View synonyms for harvestman

harvestman

[ hahr-vist-muhn ]

noun

, plural har·vest·men.
  1. a person engaged in harvesting.


harvestman

/ ˈhɑːvɪstmən /

noun

  1. a person engaged in harvesting
  2. Also called (US and Canadian)daddy-longlegs any arachnid of the order Opiliones (or Phalangida ), having a small rounded body and very long thin legs
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of harvestman1

1400–50; late Middle English. See harvest, man
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Example Sentences

When a Harvestman said "Good-morning" to you on a rainy day, you always had a feeling that the sun was shining.

He had not47 lived long enough in the meadow to understand all that the Harvestman meant.

Then the only thing a Harvestman could do was to struggle and wriggle himself free, and he often broke off a leg in doing so.

Little Mrs. Ladybug, who was somewhat of a gossip, discovered in some way that Daddy Longlegs was a harvestman.

A harvestman, for instance, lacks the waist, and its abdomen is segmented.

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