rapist

noun

rap·​ist ˈrā-pist How to pronounce rapist (audio)
plural rapists
: a person who rapes someone : a person who commits rape
a convicted rapist

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The Oscar winner filmed footage for the horror flick as a serial rapist and murderer but his opening and closing scenes were nixed before the film's release. EW.com, 19 June 2025 This would mean that the author of one of the finest stories in English was himself a rapist and a robber, a cruel thug who, just two decades before completing the manuscript, lay in wait with a gang to attempt to murder the Duke of Buckingham. The New Yorker, New Yorker, 11 June 2025 Nathan Hochman and more than a dozen other prosecutors crowded into a high-ceilinged meeting hall surrounded by killers, rapists and other serious offenders. Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025 Democrats are not clamoring to have gang members, rapists, and murderers turned loose. Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for rapist

Word History

First Known Use

1867, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of rapist was in 1867

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“Rapist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rapist. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

Medical Definition

rapist

noun
rap·​ist ˈrā-pəst How to pronounce rapist (audio)
: an individual who commits rape

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