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
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
Parsons, a solid newsman and no roisterer, tried to put a new polish on the old formula by adding such features as David Low's cartoons and increasing the coverage of international news.
From Time Magazine Archive
His reputation as an actor grew almost as fast as his reputation as a loudmouthed roisterer.
From Time Magazine Archive
"You cannot deny, Hawke, that you dined at the marble house with the beauty whom we are all toasting," said a rallying roisterer.
From A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story by Richard Savage
