1. a person who gathers crops from fields
2. a machine used to gather crops from fields

Examples

• The harvesters worked from dawn to dusk gathering wheat.
• Seasonal harvesters travel from farm to farm during harvest time.
• The new harvester can cut and thresh grain in one operation.
• Our harvester broke down in the middle of corn season.
• Apple harvesters use ladders to reach the highest branches.
• The combine harvester moved slowly across the golden field.
• Local harvesters were hired to pick strawberries.