Rioter
['raɪətɚ]
Definition
(noun.) troublemaker who participates in a violent disturbance of the peace; someone who rises up against the constituted authority.
Editor: Xenia--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who riots; a reveler; a roisterer.
(n.) One who engages in a riot. See Riot, n., 3.
Checker: Witt
Examples
- And the other rioter--what's his name, Mr. Jinks? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Shots were discharged by the rioters. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The rioters not having succeeded in effecting an entrance, his grim metal darlings--the machines--had escaped damage. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The rioters were assembled in front of the closed yard gates, and a single figure stood within, apparently addressing them. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The rioters came to Germantown. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Then the rioters turned on him, and he experienced the same attentions received by Hargreaves and Arkwright. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Does it agree wi' ye now, Mr. Helstone, to be riding out after rioters, of a wet night, at your age? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The rioters had never been so met before. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- One of the rioters, or victims as you call them, was killed, and six were hurt. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Edited by Ian