roister
verb (used without object)
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
roisterer
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a word derived from
roister.
Example Sentences
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He is every flabby inch the ramshackle roisterer, who announces the keynote of his unbuttoned, spilling-over performance in his spluttering rejection of the notion that he "confine" himself.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 23, 2011
Within a month Darnley had shown himself to be a selfish, inconstant, drunken roisterer, vicious and contemptible.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week a dire project was under way to introduce into this quiet Eden a prodigious roisterer, a mighty brawler, a veritable Serpent-Man.
From Time Magazine Archive
His reputation as an actor grew almost as fast as his reputation as a loudmouthed roisterer.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Ever at your quips, roisterer," said Innerkepple, as they arrived at the court.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative by Various
