Definition of Roisterer

1. Noun. An especially noisy and unrestrained merrymaker.

Generic synonyms: Merrymaker, Reveler, Reveller
Derivative terms: Roister

Definition of Roisterer

1. n. A blustering, turbulent fellow.

Definition of Roisterer

1. Noun. One who roisters; a reveller ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Roisterer

1. one that roisters [n -S] - See also: roisters

Lexicographical Neighbors of Roisterer

roiled-up
roilier
roiliest
roiling
roils
roily
roin
roined
roining
roinish
roins
roist
roisted
roister
roistered
roisterer (current term)
roisterers
roistering
roisterly
roisterous
roisterously
roisters
roisting
roists
rojak
roji
rojis
rok
roke
roked

Literary usage of Roisterer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of English Literature by Henri Van Laun, Hippolyte Taine (1871)
"Man of Fashion, and to depict only the manners of his age; for the rest he is an open roisterer, and frankly describes his habits: ' From hunting whores, ..."

2. Transactions of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain). (1887)
"final -er, and talk of a roisterer. It is worth notice that a roisterer means no more than a roister ; and again, that a roister means no more than, ..."

3. Marriage, with Preludes on Current Events by Joseph Cook (1879)
"I. This is the roisterer Shakespeare. This is the 'woman whose character he ... This roisterer, this master of the world s revels, undertakes to assure the ..."

4. The Theatre: Its Development in France and England, and a History of Its by Charles Hastings (1901)
"The roisterer had a red scarf, and a little cap on his head. As in Athens, young men took the female parts, and it is believed that they wore elegant Greek ..."

5. The Theatre: Its Development in France and England, and a History of Its by Charles Hastings (1902)
"The parasite was enveloped in a large cloak; sometimes he wore a bandage on one eye, or was quite blind of it. The roisterer had a red scarf, ..."

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