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roisterer

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rois·ter  (roistr)
intr.v. rois·tered, rois·ter·ing, rois·ters
1. To engage in boisterous merrymaking; revel noisily.
2. To behave in a blustering manner; swagger.

[From obsolete roister, roisterer, probably from Old French rustre, ruffian, alteration of ruste, from Latin rsticus, rustic; see rustic.]

roister·er n.
roister·ous adj.
roister·ous·ly adv.
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Noun1.roisterer - an especially noisy and unrestrained merrymaker
merrymaker, reveler, reveller - a celebrant who shares in a noisy party; "the clubs attract revelers as young as thirteen"
Translations
roisterer [ˈrɔɪstərəʳ] Njaranero/a m/f, juerguista mf
roisterer
nKrawallmacher(in) m(f)


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He, who was sheer bladed steel in the imperious flashing of his will, could swashbuckle and bully like any over-seas roisterer, or wheedle as wickedly winningly as the first woman out of Eden or the last woman of that descent.
 
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