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GRIM REAPER

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Overview

GRIM REAPER (noun)
  The noun GRIM REAPER has 1 sense:

1. Death personified as an old man or a skeleton with a scytheplay

  Familiarity information: GRIM REAPER used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


GRIM REAPER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Death personified as an old man or a skeleton with a scythe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Grim Reaper; Reaper

Instance hypernyms:

Death (the personification of death)


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