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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

Prater, parter, prater, repart, retrap

Latin

Verb

rapter

first-person singular present passive subjunctive of raptō

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