Reveller
['rɛvəlɚ]
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [Written also Reveler.] Carouser, bacchanal, bacchanalian.
Checker: Lowell
Examples
- Faith, and so it would, said the reveller checking himself repentantly. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- A fair stave, Grandfer Cantle; but I am afeard 'tis too much for the mouldy weasand of such a old man as you, he said to the wrinkled reveller. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- But in truth, neither the lonely meditations of the hermit, nor the tumultuous raptures of the reveller, are capable of satisfying man's heart. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Scathlock obeyed his captain, and in less than five minutes the revellers were startled by the sound of his horn. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Well, Bacchus, said Maurice, trying to pass the matter off lightly at first, why have you deserted your revellers? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Torches were now brought, the wild music burst out anew, and the revellers prepared to escort their Demarch back to the Acropolis. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
Editor: Tamara