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rioter

/ˈɹaɪətə/US/ˈɹaɪətɚ/

rioter noun: one who riots; part of the unruly violent crowd causing a riot.

rioter: people walking on street during daytime
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Noun

rioter (plural rioters)

  1. One who riots; part of the unruly violent crowd causing a riot.
    • The rioters had erected a makeshift barricade and were pelting the police with rocks from behind it.
    • The rioters overshadowed the message of peaceful protesters on prior days: They had called for justice for Gray, a 25-year-old African-American man who died from spinal injuries after police arrested him this month.2015 April 28, Ben Brumfield, “Baltimore riots: A few people tried to stop the unrest”, in CNN, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2025

rioter meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

rioter in Tamil

கலகக்காரன், குழப்படிகாரன், அமைதியைக் குலைப்பவன்

rioter in Urdu

rioter, seditious, rebellious, quarrelsome, vicious
فسادی fasādī

rioter in Malayalam

ലഹളക്കാരൻ, തോന്ന്യവാസി, അടിപിടിക്കാരൻ

Examples of rioter in a sentence

  • The officer was violently cudgeled down in the midst of the rioters.
  • The rioters went on the rampage and wrecked the town hall.
  • It took the police an hour to arrest the whole streetful of rioters.

All 14 example sentences with rioter

Forms of rioter

pluralrioters
alternative form (archaic)riotor

Origin of rioter

Inherited from Middle English riotour, from Old French rioteor; equivalent to riot + -er.

Words formed from rioter

Questions about rioter

What does rioter mean?
Rioter means one who riots; part of the unruly violent crowd causing a riot.
What is rioter in Tamil?
Rioter in Tamil is கலகக்காரன், குழப்படிகாரன், அமைதியைக் குலைப்பவன். See Rioter meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is rioter?
Rioter is a noun.
How do you pronounce rioter?
Rioter is pronounced /ˈɹaɪətə/ (UK).
What is the plural of rioter?
The plural of rioter is rioters.

Words near rioter in the dictionary

  1. riot police officers
  2. riot shield
  3. riot shields
  4. riot stairs
  5. rioted
  6. rioter
  7. rioters
  8. riotest
  9. rioteth
  10. rioting
  11. riotings

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: rioter (page history and authors); rioter (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); فسادی (Urdu) (page history and authors); rioter (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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