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Webster 1913 Edition


Rioter

Ri′ot-er

,
Noun.
1.
One who riots; a reveler; a roisterer.
Chaucer.
2.
(Law)
One who engages in a riot. See
Riot
,
Noun.
, 3.

Webster 1828 Edition


Rioter

RI'OTER

, n.
1.
One who indulges in loose festivity or excessive feasting.
2.
In law, one guilty of meeting with others to do an unlawful act, and declining to retire upon proclamation.

Definition 2024


rioter

rioter

English

Noun

rioter (plural rioters)

  1. One who riots; part of the unruly violent crowd causing a riot.
    The rioters had erected a makeshift barricade and were pelting the police with rocks from behind it.

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