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
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
Cospatric, in all his sober senses, was helping an overcome roisterer across the court late at night.
From The Recipe for Diamonds by Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne
