RIOTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rioter mean? 

• RIOTER (noun)
  The noun RIOTER has 1 sense:

1. troublemaker who participates in a violent disturbance of the peace; someone who rises up against the constituted authority

  Familiarity information: RIOTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIOTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Troublemaker who participates in a violent disturbance of the peace; someone who rises up against the constituted authority

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("rioter" is a kind of...):

bad hat; mischief-maker; trouble maker; troublemaker; troubler (someone who deliberately stirs up trouble)

Derivation:

riot (take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot)

 Context examples 

There were generally a few rioters around but they never came into the library so it was a good place to work.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)