Definition of Rioter

1. Noun. Troublemaker who participates in a violent disturbance of the peace; someone who rises up against the constituted authority.

Generic synonyms: Bad Hat, Mischief-maker, Trouble Maker, Troublemaker, Troubler
Derivative terms: Riot

Definition of Rioter

1. n. One who riots; a reveler; a roisterer.

Definition of Rioter

1. Noun. One who riots; part of the unruly violent crowd causing a riot. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rioter

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rioter

riomarinaite
rioplatense
rioprostil
riot
riot control
riot control operations
riot gear
riot girl
riot grrl
riot grrls
riot grrrl
riot grrrls
riot gun
riot police
rioted
rioter (current term)
rioters
rioting
riotings
riotise
riotises
riotize
riotizes
riotless
riotour
riotours
riotous
riotously
riotousness
riotousnesses

Literary usage of Rioter

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

1. The Metropolitan (1844)
"PHELIM DOOLAN, THE rioter.i BY WILLIAM DODSWORTH. THE storm, which we have already hinted as gathering its latent powers slowly, but surely in the dark ..."

2. Precis of the Archives of the Cape of Good Hope by Hendrik Carel Vos Leibbrandt, Jan van Riebeeck (1900)
"Wo annex the chart of the Bay of Antongil entrusted to the senior merchant rioter de (Joyer, who has introduced us to Jan Willemez; ..."

3. A Life of Lord Lyndhurst from Letters and Papers in Possession of His Family by Sir Theodore Martin (1883)
"... misrepresented—Persevering industry —First great success in defending Luddite rioter at Nottingham— Becomes Serjeant-at-Law—Death of his father. ..."

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