Meanings
nouncarouser (plural carousers)
plural carousers
- A person who carouses; a reveller.
Equally persuaded I am that he was in the habit of receiving, in early youth, certain dicteria — perchance odd heads and tails of rhyming ballads — from some hoary headed sage who had been a carouser at the "merrie court" of James V. of Scotland.
1836, Thomas Frognall Dibdin, Reminiscences of a Literary Life
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Latin cōmīssātor
- cōmīssātorone who carouses
Polish bibosz, hulaka
- biboszone who carouses
- hulakaone who carouses
Cite this entry
APA
carouser. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carouser
MLA
“carouser.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carouser. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carouser,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carouser.
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