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ROISTERER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does roisterer mean?
• ROISTERER (noun)
The noun ROISTERER has 1 sense:
1. an especially noisy and unrestrained merrymaker
Familiarity information: ROISTERER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An especially noisy and unrestrained merrymaker
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("roisterer" is a kind of...):
merrymaker; reveler; reveller (a celebrant who shares in a noisy party)
Derivation:
roister (engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking)
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