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ravisher|ˈrævɪʃə(r)|
Also 4 rauissch-, 5 ravys(s)hour; 6 Sc. raviss-, reuesar.
[f. ravish v. + -er1, in early use prob. after OF. ravisserre, ravisseor, -eur.]
One who ravishes, in senses of the vb. (esp. 2 and 2 b).
c1375XI Pains Hell 78 in O.E. Misc. 225 To brenne..Spous-brekers wiþ lechours, Rauisschers wiþ rauisschours. 1429Rolls of Parlt. IV. 344/1 Ravyshours of Wymen ayens the lawe. 1552Abp. Hamilton Catech. (1884) 10 All adulteraris, deflouraris of virginis, ravissaris of wemen. 1588Shakes. Tit. A. v. ii. 104 Good Rapine, stab him, he is a rauisher. 1632Lithgow Trav. ii. 74 Her matrones became a prey and prise to euery Rauisher. 1712–14Pope Rape Lock iv. 103 Gods! shall the ravisher display your hair? 1750Johnson Rambler No. 77 ⁋14 The giddy libertine, or drunken ravisher. 1800Asiat. Ann. Reg., Poetry 851 Without love I had stray'd, Till at length a sweet ravisher came. 1851D. Wilson Preh. Ann. (1863) II. iv. iii. 259 Pure silver..found in the..tumulus by its unprincipled ravisher. |