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MERRYMAKER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does merrymaker mean?
• MERRYMAKER (noun)
The noun MERRYMAKER has 1 sense:
1. a celebrant who shares in a noisy party
Familiarity information: MERRYMAKER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A celebrant who shares in a noisy party
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Context example:
the clubs attract revelers as young as thirteen
Hypernyms ("merrymaker" is a kind of...):
celebrant; celebrater; celebrator (a person who is celebrating)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "merrymaker"):
roisterer (an especially noisy and unrestrained merrymaker)
Context examples
The day was done, and the merrymakers had nearly all departed.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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