different between raper vs roper

English

Etymology

rape +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?p?(?)/
• Rhymes: -e?p?(?)

Noun

raper (plural rapers)

1. (informal) A person who has raped someone; a rapist.
   • 1963, Edwin M. Moseley, Pseudonyms of Christ in the Modern Novel: Motifs and Methods (page 149)

     "Jesus Christ!" Grimm says, profanely pushing Hightower aside as he goes on to shoot Christmas and to emasculate him, according to the custom of lynchers punishing the dark rapers of white women.

   • 1995, Simon Goldhill, Foucault's Virginity (page 71)

     Turning round, Cleitophon finds he is standing by a painter's studio which is exhibiting a painting of the whole story of the rape of Philomela, including the tapestry she weaves telling her own story after her raper, Tereus, has cut out her tongue.

Anagrams

• parer

French

Alternative forms

• rapper
• Homophone: râper

Etymology

Borrowed from English rap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.pe/

Verb

raper

1. To rap (to sing rap songs).

Conjugation

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

raper

1. present of rape.

Polish

Etymology

From English rapper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra.p?r/

Noun

raper m pers (feminine raperka)

1. (music) rapper

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) raperski

Related terms

• (verb) rapowa?
• (noun) rap
• (adjective) rapowy

Further reading

• raper in Polish dictionaries at PWN

English

Etymology

rope +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????p?(?)/

Noun

roper (plural ropers)

1. Agent noun of rope; one who uses a rope, especially one who throws a lariat or lasso.
2. (dated) A maker of ropes.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Piers Plowman to this entry?)

3. One who ropes goods; a packer.
4. (archaic, slang) A crafty fellow; one fit to be hanged.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Douce to this entry?)

5. (slang) Synonym of outside man (“accomplice who locates a mark to be swindled by a confidence trickster”)
   • 1968, Marvin B. Scott, The Racing Game (page 110)

     The "roper" will inform the mark that such horses can't be picked out of the Form; what one needs is inside information.

   • 2012, Wilbur R. Miller, The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America

     For example, one person may have a specialty in cooling off the mark, while another is able to lure in the mark with ease; these people may be referred to as the “roper” or the “outside man”.

6. A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.

   Synonyms: lugger, picker-up, runner, steerer

Anagrams

• Perro, porer, prore, repro

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

roper

1. present of rope

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

roper

1. present of ropa