cropper

Cropper is a term with several meanings in agriculture and technology. In farming contexts, a cropper is a person who harvests crops from fields, either manually using knives or sickles or with modern machinery. The role is typically seasonal and labor-intensive, concentrated in harvest periods for crops such as grain, fruits, and vegetables. The word is formed from crop, meaning the harvested product, plus the agent suffix -er, and it may carry regional variations in usage and connotation.

In digital technology, Cropper refers to software tools designed to crop images. The most widely known is Cropper.js, a JavaScript library used to provide client-side image cropping within web applications. It usually offers a resizable cropping area, aspect-ratio locking, zoom and rotate controls, and live previews. Cropper.js is open-source and released under a permissive license, enabling developers to integrate image-cropping functionality into websites and apps with minimal server-side processing.

Other uses of the term may include discussions of image processing workflows or branding for specific products named Cropper. The term remains generic, with context indicating whether it refers to physical harvesting or to digital image cropping.