ˈroisterer
[f. roister n. or v.]
A swaggering or noisy reveller. Cf. roister n.1 1.
1820 Scott Abbot xv, Carry thy roisterers elsewhere—to the alehouse if they list. 1827 Lytton Pelham l, Like a lusty roisterer of the true kidney. 1849 Macaulay Hist. Eng. iii. I. 360 If two roisterers met, they cocked their hats in each other's faces. 1877 Black Green Past. xlvi, There were no roysterers going home. |