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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] N → jaranero/a m/f, juerguista mf
roisterer
n → Krawallmacher(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.
Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context
 
 
 
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