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Grim Reaper
Grim Reapern. The personification of death as a cloaked man or skeleton carrying a scythe.Grim′ Reap′er
n. the personification of death as a man or cloaked skeleton holding a scythe. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  Grim Reaper - Death personified as an old man or a skeleton with a scytheReaper |
TranslationsGrim Reaper
Grim ReaperDeath, as personified by a cloaked man or skeleton carrying a scythe. She's been in three really terrible car accidents but has miraculously avoided the Grim Reaper.See also: grim, reapergrim reaperFig. death. I think I have a few years to go yet before the grim reaper pays me a call.See also: grim, reaperthe Grim Reaper The Grim Reaper is an imaginary character who represents death. He looks like a skeleton, wears a long, black cloak with a hood, and carries a scythe (= tool for cutting grass). By giving away assets while still alive, inheritance tax can be avoided entirely by the time the Grim Reaper calls. They were sitting around, waiting for the Grim Reaper.See also: grim, reaperthe Grim Reaper a personification of death in the form of a cloaked skeleton wielding a large scythe.See also: grim, reapergrim reaper, theDeath. This expression is actually a combination of the older grim death, which dates from about 1600, and the artistic depiction of death with a scythe, which began somewhat later. The first appeared in a play by Philip Massinger (1583–1640), The Roman Actor, and also in John Milton’s Paradise Lost (“Before mine eyes in opposition sits Grim Death, my son and foe”). The second appeared in a song from “Des Knaben Wunderhorn” and in Longfellow’s poem, “The Reaper and the Flowers” (“There is a Reaper whose name is Death, and, with his sickle keen”), as well as in earlier but more obscure sources.See also: grimGrim Reaper
Grim Reapername given to personification of death. [Pop. Culture: Misc.]See: DeathGrim Reaper
Synonyms for Grim Reapernoun Death personified as an old man or a skeleton with a scytheSynonyms |