Home › Words › S › sicklemansicklemansickleman means someone who uses a sickle; a reaper.EtymologyFrom sickle + -man.nounSomeone who uses a sickle; a reaper.e.g.“You sunburned sicklemen, of August weary.” — 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).