roarer en · NOUN
Etymology
From roar + -er.
Meanings
- One who roars.
- (archaic) One of a group of young men who would carouse in taverns, then pick brawls on the street for entertainment.
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(archaic, slang) A broken-winded horse.
He had never before been so much struck with the fact that this unfortunate bay was a roarer […]
1871–1872, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter 23, in Middlemarch […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book (please specify |book=I to VIII):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| roarers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
roaring boy (young man who picks brawls)