Meanings
nounroarer (plural roarers)
plural roarers
- One who roars.
- archaicOne of a group of young men who would carouse in taverns, then pick brawls on the street for entertainment.
Synonyms: roaring boy
- archaicslangA 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)
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne of a group of young men who would carouse in taverns, then pick brawls on the street for entertainment.
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nounsomeone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice
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APA
roarer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roarer
MLA
“roarer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roarer. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “roarer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roarer.
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