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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Roister  \Roist"er\,  v.  i.  [Probably  fr  F.  rustre  boor,  a  clown, 
  clownish,  fr  L.  rustucus  rustic.  See  {Rustic}.] 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Roister  \Roist"er\,  n. 
  See  {Roisterer}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  roister 
  v  :  engage  in  boisterous,  drunken  merry-making;  "They  were  out 
  carousing  last  night"  [syn:  {carouse},  {riot}] 




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