rapter

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A form of raptor — A bird of prey.

OriginMiddle English raptour ← Latin raptor →
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Meanings

rapter1

nounrapter (plural rapters)

plural rapters

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of raptor.

    […]chaste Winifrid: who chose Before her mayden-gem she forcibly would lose, To have her harmlesse life by the leud Rapter spilt:

    1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 10 p. 3

rapter2

adjective
  1. comparativeuncommoncomparative form of rapt: more rapt

Origin

rapter · noun

  1. Latinraptor“kidnapper, thief”
  2. Middle Englishraptour
  3. Englishrapter

From Middle English raptour, from Latin raptor (“kidnapper, thief”).

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rapter · adjective

From rapt + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

rapter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rapter

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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