jack the ripper

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   an unidentified English murderer in the 19th century

   Broadermurderer

Questions about jack the ripper

What does jack the ripper mean?

jack the ripper means "an unidentified English murderer in the 19th century".

Is jack the ripper a common word?

jack the ripper is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.