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Definition of Roarer
1. Noun. Someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice.
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
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1. One who, or that which, roars. Specifically: A riotous fellow; a roaring boy. "A lady to turn roarer, and break glasses.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Roarer
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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