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REVELLER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does reveller mean?
• REVELLER (noun)
The noun REVELLER has 1 sense:
1. a celebrant who shares in a noisy party
Familiarity information: REVELLER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A celebrant who shares in a noisy party
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
merrymaker; reveler; reveller
Context example:
the clubs attract revelers as young as thirteen
Hypernyms ("reveller" is a kind of...):
celebrant; celebrater; celebrator (a person who is celebrating)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reveller"):
roisterer (an especially noisy and unrestrained merrymaker)
Derivation:
revel (celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities)
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