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rappers

rappers is the plural of rapper.

Meaning of rapper

Noun

rapper (plural rappers)

  1. The knocker of a door.
  2. (historical) A swinging knocker for making signals at the mouth of a shaft.
  3. A spiritualistic medium who claims to receive communications from spirits in the form of knocking sounds.
  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. (Scotland, obsolete) A sword.
  6. A flexible strip of metal, 45-60cm long, with handles at each end, used for Northumbrian rapper sword dancing.

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Phrases with rappers

Questions about rappers

What is rappers the plural of?
Rappers is the plural of rapper.

Words near rappers in the dictionary

  1. rappels
  2. rappen
  3. rapper
  4. rapper sword
  5. rapper swords
  6. rappers
  7. Rapperswil
  8. Rappes
  9. rappeth
  10. rappie pie
  11. rappie pies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rappers (page history and authors); rapper (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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