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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Nearly 35 years later, McVey sat in the front row at her rapist's execution, per The Washington Post. Christina Coulter, People.com, 20 July 2025 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit continued on — Mariska Hargitay’s Olivia Benson was busting rapists. John J. Lennon, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2025 Black people are depicted as rapists and cannibals, Jews as rapacious and controlling, and white people who believe in a multicultural society as race traitors who also deserve to die. James Shapiro, The Atlantic, 18 July 2025 After, another speaker led the crowd in a call-and-response song that called Trump a rapist and ended with an image of the president being handcuffed. Cate Charron, IndyStar, 17 July 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 4 Aug. 2025.

Medical Definition

rapist

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

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