|
|
Definition of Rioter
1. Noun. Troublemaker who participates in a violent disturbance of the peace; someone who rises up against the constituted authority.
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
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. ..."
Other Resources:
