scythemen
Grain field workers
Scythemen is the plural of scytheman—a person who cuts grass, grain, or other crops with a scythe.
The word belongs to an older agricultural world before mechanized harvesting: The scythemen moved across the field in a row, blades swinging in rhythm.
Death is often depicted as a scytheman, hence the Grim Reaper's iconic tool.
Those who cut grain
- harvestersThose who gather crops
- mowersDevices that cut turf
- haymakersPowerful wild punches
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
wheat · barley · rye · sickle · blade · swath · sheaves · stubble
Permanent cessation of life
- Grim ReaperSkeletal embodiment of mortality
- mortalityState of eventual death
- harvestGathering mature crops
- TimeCapitalized abstract entity
Father Time · allegory · personification · hourglass · inevitability · finality · souls · apocalypse
reapers
Those who cut grain
- harvestersThose who gather crops
- mowersDevices that cut turf
- haymakersPowerful wild punches
grain · wheat · barley · rye · sickle · blade · swath · sheaves · stubble · fieldwork
Death
Permanent cessation of life
- Grim ReaperSkeletal embodiment of mortality
- mortalityState of eventual death
- harvestGathering mature crops
Time · Father Time · allegory · personification · hourglass · inevitability · finality · souls · apocalypse · Revelation
peasants
Low-ranking agricultural workers
feudal · manorial · tithe · lord · estate · commons · enclosure · yeoman · villeins · agrarian