RANTER

ranter, raver

(noun) someone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud manner

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

ranter (plural ranters)

One who rants; a noisy, boisterous speaker or declaimer.

(obsolete) A jovial fellow.

Anagrams

• Ratner, Terran, errant, terran

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• 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



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