ranter

noun — 4 senses

ranter

nounalso spelled Ranter

Etymology From rant + -er.

One who rants; a noisy, boisterous speaker or declaimer.

Obsolete A jovial fellow.

Derived terms: ranter-go-round

Ranter

noun

Lifestyle, Religion Historical A member of an alleged sect in the time of the English Commonwealth (1649–1660) who were regarded as heretical by the established church.

Lifestyle, Religion Derogatory, Historical One of the Primitive Methodists, who seceded from the Wesleyan Methodists on the ground of their deficiency in fervour and zeal.

Related terms: Ranterism

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