raver

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noun

A person who attends rave parties, or who belongs to that subculture.

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nounraver (plural ravers)

plural ravers

  1. A person who attends rave parties, or who belongs to that subculture.

    Ravers listen to technomusic at home, and some have commented that certain tracks of music can elicit ASC similar to the ones experienced at raves.

    2005, Michael J. Gilmour, Call Me the Seeker, page 244
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    The life of a superstar DJ sounds like one endless party. You get to travel the world, perform for thousands of scantily clad ravers, and earn a stack of money.

    2005 October 10, Theunis Bates, “iPod is a DJ”, in Time

    In large part, happycore was the result of an exodus of white ravers from the jungle scene, in reaction to the influx of black youth and the attendant mood change from bonhomie to surliness.

    2013, Simon Reynolds, Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture, page 291
  2. A person who raves or rants.

    Wouldn't it be nice to get on with me neighbours / But they make it very clear they've got no room for ravers

    1968, “Lazy Sunday”, in Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake, performed by Small Faces
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    Well, you wore out your welcome with random precision / Rode on the steel breeze / Come on, you raver, you seer of visions / Come on, you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine

    1975, David Gilmour, Richard Wright, Roger Waters, “Shine On You Crazy Diamond”, in Wish You Were Here, performed by Pink Floyd

Raver2

proper nounRaver (plural Ravers)

plural Ravers

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsomeone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud manner

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Origin

  1. Middle Englishravere
  2. Englishraver

From Middle English ravere, ravare, rafar, equivalent to rave + -er.

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Translations

French teufeur, teufeuse
  • teufeurperson who attends rave parties
  • teufeuseperson who attends rave parties
German Raver, Raverin
  • Raverperson who attends rave parties
  • Raverinperson who attends rave parties

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