ravisher

Variant of ravish

transitive verb

  1. to seize and carry away forcibly
  2. to rape (a woman)
  3. to transport with joy or delight; enrapture

Origin: ME ravishen < inflectional stem of OFr ravir, to carry away < VL *rapire, for L rapere, to seize: see rape

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