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Roister 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.
Roisterer Roisterer Roist"er*er, n.
A blustering, turbulent fellow.
If two roisterers met, they cocked their hats in each
other faces. --Macaulay.
Roisterly Roisterly Roist"er*ly, a.
Blustering; violent. [R.]
Roisterly Roisterly Roist"er*ly, adv.
In a roistering manner. [R.]
Suburb roister Suburb Sub"urb, n. [L. suburbium; sub under, below, near +
urbs a city. See Urban.]
1. An outlying part of a city or town; a smaller place
immediately adjacent to a city; in the plural, the region
which is on the confines of any city or large town; as, a
house stands in the suburbs; a garden situated in the
suburbs of Paris. ``In the suburbs of a town.' --Chaucer.
[London] could hardly have contained less than
thirty or forty thousand souls within its walls; and
the suburbs were very populous. --Hallam.
2. Hence, the confines; the outer part; the environment.
``The suburbs . . . of sorrow.' --Jer. Taylor.
The suburb of their straw-built citadel. --Milton.
Suburb roister, a rowdy; a loafer. [Obs.] --Milton.
