D defs.my
Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Roister

/rois'-tẽr/ · Roist·er · IPA /ˈɹɔɪstɚ/
01 v. i. To bluster; to swagger; to bully; to be bold, noisy, vaunting, or turbulent.
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    To bluster; to swagger; to bully; to be bold, noisy, vaunting, or turbulent.
    “I have a roisting challenge sent amongst The dull and factious nobles of the Greeks.” Shak.
02 n. See Roisterer.
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    See Roisterer. See: Roisterer