ranter, raver
(noun) someone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud manner
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ranter (plural ranters)
One who rants; a noisy, boisterous speaker or declaimer.
(obsolete) A jovial fellow.
• Ratner, Terran, errant, terran
Ranter (plural Ranters)
(religion, historical) A member of an alleged sect in the time of the English Commonwealth (1649–1660) who were regarded as heretical by the established church.
(religion, historical, derogatory) One of the Primitive Methodists, who seceded from the Wesleyan Methodists on the ground of their deficiency in fervour and zeal.
• Ratner, Terran, errant, terran
Source: Wiktionary
Rant"er, n.
1. A noisy talker; a raving declaimer.
2. (Eccl. Hist.) (a) One of a religious sect which sprung up in 1645; -- called also Seekers. See Seeker. (b) One of the Primitive Methodists, who seceded from the Wesleyan Methodists on the ground of their deficiency in fervor and zeal; -- so called in contempt.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
