† raptern.
Obsolete.
A ravisher, rapist; = raptor n.
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1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum xii. ii. 178/1 Shee [sc. the goshawk] is a couetous foule to take other foules, and for the taking of other fowles..she is called Accipiter & Rapter, rauisher.
1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion x. 160 Chaste Winifrid: who chose..To haue her harmlesse life by the leud Rapter spilt.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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