Definition of Rouser

1. Noun. Someone who rouses others from sleep.

Exact synonyms: Arouser, Waker
Generic synonyms: Attendant, Attender, Tender
Derivative terms: Arouse, Rouse

Definition of Rouser

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

Definition of Rouser

1. Noun. Something very exciting or great. ¹

2. Noun. One who rouses another from sleep. ¹

3. Noun. (colloquial archaic) A stirrer in a copper for boiling wort. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rouser

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rouser

roupier
roupiest
roupily
rouping
roupit
roups
roupy
rousant
rouse
rouseabout
rouseabouts
roused
rouseite
rouser (current term)
rousers
rouses
rousing
rousingly
rousseaus
roussette
roust
roustabout
roustabouts
rousted
rouster
rousters
rousting
rousts

Literary usage of Rouser

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

1. Publications of the Texas Folklore Society by Texas Folklore Society (1916)
"We'll all go down to rouser, rouser, rouser, rouser, rouser, We'll all go down ... Round up four for rouser, etc. The game goes on until all couples are in, ..."

2. The Book of Woodcraft and Indian Lore by Ernest Thompson Seton (1921)
"rouser OR REVEILLE Ho, sleepers, a-rise! the sun's in the skies, The summer mist ICU JJI ^* I* • J* f~ ! ..."

3. THE BOOK OF WOODCRAFT by Ernest Thompson Seton (1921)
"... jl J rouser OR REVEILLE Ho, sleepers, a -rise! the sun's in the skies, The summer mist flies from the lake and the lea. The Red Gods do call: Ho, high, ..."

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