Roysterer
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Roysterer is a noun meaning (obsolete) Someone who revels, a partier.
Meaning
(obsolete) Someone who revels, a partier.
Example Sentences
But it was not the sight of her body, nor yet was it the body of Hugo Baskerville lying near her, which raised the hair upon the heads of these three daredevil roysterers, but it was that, standing over Hugo, and plucking at his throat, there stood a foul thing, a great, black beast, shaped like a hound, yet larger than any hound that ever mortal eye has rested upon.'
Word Forms
- roysterers
Synonyms for roysterer
Depending on context, synonyms include merrymaker.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include roister, frolicker, rooster, roister-doister, rounder, roaster.
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