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repper

rep·per/ˈɹɛ.pəɹ/noun

repper is a derogatory noun meaning “A person who has realised they are transgender but refuses to accept it and begin gender transition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-P-P-E-R and has 2 syllables (rep·per), and it appears about once in every 98 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of repper is reppers.

What does repper mean?

noun

  1. 1

    derogatoryA person who has realised they are transgender but refuses to accept it and begin gender transition.

  2. 2

    A person who represents a company or brand, usually in a positive way.

  3. 3

    archaicslangReputation.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce repper?

  • UK /ˈɹɛ.pə/
  • US /ˈɹɛ.pəɹ/

Repper has 2 syllables, split rep·per in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Hitoubashira-repper.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of repper

  • reppers plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is repper?

Repper appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Where does repper come from?

Contraction of repressor (“a person who represses”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).