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Definition of Roisterer
1. Noun. An especially noisy and unrestrained merrymaker.
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
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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