rapper

[ rap-er ]

noun

a person or thing that raps or knocks.
the knocker of a door.

Slang. a person who chats or talks, especially freely.
a person who performs rap music, especially professionally.

Origin of rapper

1605–15; 1970–75, Americanismfor def. 3; rap¹ + -er¹

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How to use rapper in a sentence

White rappers are always difficult to comprehend, difficult to deal with.
The Cultural Crimes of Iggy Azalea | Amy Zimmerman | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Like Edgar, he remembers a unique time when American rappers came down and performed at the Primer Festival de Rap Cubano.
Cuban Hip-Hop Was Born in Alamar | Daniel Levin | December 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
In Chicago, you have rappers like Chief Keef posing with guns, and the young kids there emulate that.
Quincy Jones Talks Chicago’s Mean Streets, Why Kanye West Is No Michael Jackson, and Bieber | Marlow Stern | September 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Why do you think rappers, in particular, make such fine actors?
Method Man Talks Wu-Tang Clan Reunion, Fake Rappers, and the Suge Knight Shooting | Marlow Stern | September 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
And when rappers battle one another with their wits and words, it is similar to the bam-pow!
Bam! Pow! Bling! Hip-Hop's History Gets the Graphic Novel Treatment | Daniel Genis | August 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

We allude to what are familiarly termed "rappers," or "knocking spirits," from the noises which they are said to make.
The Spirit Land | Samuel B. (Samuel Bulfinch) Emmons
The writings of the spirit rappers abound with accounts of sights, sounds, visions, and wonders.
The Spirit Land | Samuel B. (Samuel Bulfinch) Emmons
For aught we can see, the phenomena put forth by the "rappers" differ not materially from the biologic developments.
The Spirit Land | Samuel B. (Samuel Bulfinch) Emmons
To electro-biologists, spirit-rappers, and table-turners the same arguments must be used as we employ to mesmerists.
A Book about Doctors | John Cordy Jeaffreson
But no prayer or curse will reach me, no incantation of conjurers or spirit-rappers will call me back.
Dr. Dumany's Wife | Mr Jkai

British Dictionary definitions for rapper

rapper

/ (ˈræpə) /

noun

something used for rapping, such as a knocker on a door
a performer of rap music

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