harvestman en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From harvest + -man. (sense 2): There are various hypotheses and folk etymologies for why the arachnids are called harvestmen, but the most likely explanation is the shape of their legs, which resemble sickles or scythes. More information The association with harvesting or haymaking is found across Europe; compare words for “harvest spider” in other languages: Dutch hooiwagen (literally “hay-cart”), Welsh medelwr (literally “reaper, harvester”), Irish Pilib an fhómhair (literally “Philip of the harvest”), Danish mejer (literally “mower, reaper”), French faucheur (literally “scyther”), Spanish segador (literally “reaper, harvester, mower”) and agostero (literally “August-er”), Czech sekáč (literally “reaper, mower; warrior”), Polish kosarz (literally “reaper, mower, haymaker”), Russian сенокосец (senokosec, literally “little haymaker”) and косиножка (kosinožka, literally “little scythe-leg”), Ukrainian косарик (kosaryk, literally “mower”), Hungarian kaszáspók (literally “scyther-spider”), Serbo-Croatian pauk kosac (literally “reaper spider”), and even modern Hebrew קוצר (kotsér, originally “shortener”, literally “reaper, harvester”). Further compare German Schneider (literally “cutter; tailor”), Swiss Zimmermann (literally “carpenter”) and Welsh teiliwr (literally “tailor”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced? )
Meanings
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A male harvester; any harvester (person who works to gather in the crops at harvest time).
Near-synonym: carter
- An order of terrestrial, non-venomous arachnids with often very long legs: Opiliones; any individual of this order.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| harvestmen | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
gatherer · harvester · hunter-gatherer
Hypernyms
creature · harvester · arachnid · critter · person
Relateds
farmboy · daddy longlegs (not to be confused) · Pholcidae (not to be confused) · farmgirl · labourer · laborer · fieldworker · farmhand · farmer · daddy long-legs spider (not to be confused) · manual laborer · farmworker · manual labourer
Synonyms
daddy longlegs · harvest spider · harry-longlegs · shepherd spider · carter · grandfather-graybeard
Translations (61)
nl hooiwagen (arachnid) · ga Pilib an fhómhair (arachnid) · cy teiliwr (arachnid) · sl suha južina (arachnid) · af hooiwa (arachnid) · ja 座頭虫 (arachnid) · is langfætla (arachnid) · ja 盲蜘蛛 (arachnid) · ru сеноко́сец (arachnid) · tr müjdeci (arachnid) · sh pauk kosac (arachnid) · cy medelwr (arachnid) · cs sekáč (arachnid) · ga galán (arachnid) · ja 足長おじさん (arachnid) · es segador (arachnid) · sl matija (arachnid) · de Afterspinne (arachnid) · sk kosec (arachnid) · uk коса́рик (arachnid) · de Schneider (arachnid) · es chichina (arachnid) · chy tó'êseóhtavé'ho'e (arachnid) · es opilión (arachnid) · sh kosac (arachnid) · fr faucheur (arachnid) · no langbein (arachnid) · es pinacate (arachnid) · ca frare (arachnid) · de Schneckenkanker (arachnid) · sh putnik (arachnid) · ga pilibín eitre (arachnid) · tr mücdeci (arachnid) · cmn 盲蛛 (arachnid) · eo opilio (arachnid) · da mejer (arachnid) · fr faucheux (arachnid) · gl opilión (arachnid) · ca opilió (arachnid) · ia opilion (arachnid) · es agostero (arachnid) · io opiliono (arachnid) · pt opilião (arachnid) · es chinchina (arachnid) · de Weberknecht (arachnid) · he קוצר (arachnid) · pl kosarz (arachnid) · la ōpiliō (arachnid) · fi lukki (arachnid) · es araña patona (arachnid) · nv naʼashjéʼii jáádnézí (arachnid) · oj eyebig (arachnid) · ga Pilib an gheataire (arachnid) · de Zimmermann (arachnid) · es falangio (arachnid) · no vevkjerringer (arachnid) · pt aranhiço (arachnid) · hu kaszáspók (arachnid) · ko 장님거미 (arachnid) · de Kanker (arachnid) · sv lockespindel (arachnid)