rapper

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English rap Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English rapper From rap + -er.

1. One who, or that which, raps or knocks.
2. One who, or that which, raps or knocks.
3. One who, or that which, raps or knocks.
4. A performer of rap music, or someone who raps in any form of music.

   “He rose from the ghetto to become a successful rapper.”

5. A sword.
6. A flexible strip of metal, 45-60cm long, with handles at each end, used for Northumbrian rapper sword dancing.
7. A mechanical, or later electric, signalling device formerly used in the mines of north-eastern England to signal to the engineman that the cages carrying men or coals up and down the shaft were ready to be raised or lowered.
8. A bold lie; a whopper.
9. A loud oath.