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harvestman

har·vest·man
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hahr-vist-muh n]
    • /ˈhɑr vɪst mən/
    • /hˈɑːvɪstmən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hahr-vist-muh n]
    • /ˈhɑr vɪst mən/

Definitions of harvestman word

  • noun plural harvestman daddy-longlegs (def 1). 1
  • noun plural harvestman a person engaged in harvesting. 1
  • noun harvestman A field-worker who works to gather in the harvest. 1
  • noun harvestman a person engaged in harvesting 0
  • noun harvestman any arachnid of the order Opiliones (or Phalangida), having a small rounded body and very long thin legs 0
  • noun harvestman a man who harvests 0

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Origin of harvestman

First appearance:

before 1400
One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English. See harvest, man1

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Parts of speech for Harvestman

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

harvestman popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

harvestman usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for harvestman

noun harvestman

  • tick — a score or account.
  • mite — a contribution that is small but is all that a person can afford.
  • tarantula — any of several large, hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae, as Aphonopelma chalcodes, of the southwestern U.S., having a painful but not highly venomous bite.
  • scorpion — any of numerous arachnids of the order Scorpionida, widely distributed in warmer parts of the world, having a long, narrow, segmented tail that terminates in a venomous sting.
  • spider — any of numerous predaceous arachnids of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs that serve as nests and as traps for prey.

Top questions with harvestman

  • what is a harvestman?

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