Definition of Roarer

1. Noun. Someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice.

Exact synonyms: Bawler, Bellower, Screamer, Screecher, Shouter, Yeller
Generic synonyms: Communicator
Specialized synonyms: Crier
Derivative terms: Bawl, Roar, Roar, Screech, Shout, Yell

Definition of Roarer

1. n. One who, or that which, roars.

Definition of Roarer

1. Noun. One who roars. ¹

2. Noun. (archaic) One of a group of young men who would carouse in taverns, then pick brawls on the street for entertainment. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Roarer

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

Medical Definition of Roarer

1. 1. One who, or that which, roars. Specifically: A riotous fellow; a roaring boy. "A lady to turn roarer, and break glasses. " (Massinger) A horse subject to roaring. See Roaring. 2. The barn owl. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Roarer

roamers
roamin'
roaming
roaming master
roaming masters
roamings
roams
roan
roan antelope
roanoke
roans
roar
roar off
roar on
roared
roarer (current term)
roarers
roarest
roareth
roarie
roarier
roariest
roaring
roaringly
roarings
roars
roary
roast
roast beef
roast beef plant

Literary usage of Roarer

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

1. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"The long-ranged roarer's idea was to chase the blue-bellied Yankee around the room a time or so, collect $5 or $10, and perhaps make some ear-marks, ..."

2. An Ethnologic Dictionary of the Navaho Language by Franciscans, St. Michaels, Ariz (1910)
"The proscriptions governing the construction of the bull-roarer ... The bull-roarer is placed in the medicine bowl and the thong is soaked with the medicine ..."

3. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain), Parish Register Society (Great Britain) (1900)
"THE BULL-roarer IN CEYLON. When recently in Ceylon, Mr. A. Haly, ... As far as I could ascertain, the bull-roarer is not used by Tamil children. ..."

4. The Origins of Religion, and Other Essays by Andrew Lang (1908)
"Then tie a strong piece of string, about thirty inches long, to one end of the piece of wood, and the bull- roarer (the Australian natives call it ..."

5. Custom and Myth by Andrew Lang (1893)
"THE BULL-roarer. A STUDY OF THE MYSTERIES. As the belated traveller makes his ... They call it the bull-roarer. The common bull-roarer is an inexpensive toy ..."

6. Custom and Myth by Andrew Lang (1893)
"THE BULL-roarer. A STUDY OF THE MYSTERIES. As the belated traveller makes his ... They call it the bull-roarer. The common bull-roarer is an inexpensive toy ..."

7. American Anthropologist by American Anthropological Association (1890)
"... Ethnology of West Africa 225 L'Anthropologie 231 Death of Hans Hendrik 232 The Andamans and Andamanese 236 The " Whizzing-Stick " or " Bull-roarer " on ..."

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