raper

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/ˈɹeɪpə(ɹ)/

noun

One who commits rape; a rapist.

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raper1

nounraper (plural rapers)

plural rapers

  1. informalOne who commits rape; a rapist.

    "Jesus Christ!" Grimm says, profanely pushing Hightower aside as he goes on to shoot Christmas and to emasculate him, according to the custom of lynchers punishing the dark rapers of white women.

    1963, Edwin M. Moseley, Pseudonyms of Christ in the Modern Novel: Motifs and Methods, page 149
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    Rosa refused to return to the lair of the raper, but was induced to give Tudy what his mother described as ‘his last bit of happiness’ in a bower hastily got ready at Montrose, the La Plante mansion on Greenock Heights.

    1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 50

    Turning round, Cleitophon finds he is standing by a painter's studio which is exhibiting a painting of the whole story of the rape of Philomela, including the tapestry she weaves telling her own story after her raper, Tereus, has cut out her tongue.

    1995, Simon Goldhill, Foucault's Virginity, page 71

Raper2

proper nounRaper (plural Rapers)

plural Rapers

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsomeone who forces another to have sexual intercourse

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Origin

  1. Middle Englishrappen
  2. Englishrape
  3. Englishraper

From rape + -er.

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APA

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MLA

“raper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raper. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “raper,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raper.

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