roarer

noun

Etymology

From roar + -er.

  1. derived from *rey-
  2. inherited from *rairōną
  3. inherited from *rairōn
  4. inherited from rārian — “to roar; wail; lament
  5. inherited from roren
  6. suffixed as roarer — “roar + er

Definitions

  1. One who roars.

  2. One of a group of young men who would carouse in taverns, then pick brawls on the street…

    One of a group of young men who would carouse in taverns, then pick brawls on the street for entertainment.

  3. A broken-winded horse.

    • He had never before been so much struck with the fact that this unfortunate bay was a roarer […]

The neighborhood

Derived

bullroarer

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA