Rake (character)
（重定向自Rakehell）
![The Tavern Scene from A Rake's Progress by William Hogarth.](/Images/godic/202502/06/William_Hogarth_0273044.jpg")
![John Wilmot, the most infamous of the Restoration rakes](/Images/godic/202502/06/John_Wilmot3044.jpg")
![](/Images/godic/202502/06/Colley_Cibber_as_Lord_Foppington_clipped3044.jpg")
A rake, short for rakehell (analogous to "hellraiser"), is a historic term applied to a man who is habituated to immoral conduct, particularly womanising. Often, a rake was also prodigal, wasting his (usually inherited) fortune on gambling, wine, women and song, and incurring lavish debts in the process. Comparable terms are "libertine" and "debauchee."