rapter

English

Noun

rapter (plural rapters)

Obsolete form of raptor.
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 10 p. 3:
  […] chaste Winifrid: who chose
  Before her mayden-gem she forcibly would lose,
  To have her harmlesse life by the leud Rapter spilt:

References

“rapter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

Prater, parter, prater, repart, retrap

Latin

Verb

rapter

first-person singular present passive subjunctive of raptō

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