rapter

English

Noun

rapter (plural rapters)

1. 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

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of raptō