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royster

royster is the obsolete spelling of roister.

Meaning of roister

Verb

roister (third-person singular simple present roisters, present participle roistering, simple past and past participle roistered)

  1. (intransitive) To engage in noisy, drunken, or riotous behaviour.
    • Then Elzevir cried out angrily, 'Silence. Are you mad, or has the liquor mastered you? Are you Revenue-men that you dare shout and roister? or contrabandiers with the lugger in the offing, and your life in your hand. You make noise enough to wake folk in Moonfleet from their beds.'[1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    carouse, revel, riot
  2. (intransitive) To walk with a swaying motion.
    Synonyms:
    swagger

See all 4 meanings of roister

Proper noun capitalized: Royster

Royster (plural Roysters)

  1. A surname.

Forms of royster

Verb
third-person singular presentroysters
present participleroystering
past participleroystered
pastroystered
Noun
pluralroysters
Proper noun
pluralRoysters

Words formed from royster

Questions about royster

What does royster mean?
Royster means a surname.
What is royster the obsolete spelling of?
Royster is the obsolete spelling of roister.
What part of speech is royster?
Royster is a proper noun.

Words near royster in the dictionary

  1. Royse
  2. Royses
  3. roysh
  4. royst
  5. roysted
  6. royster
  7. roystered
  8. roysterer
  9. roysterers
  10. roystering
  11. roysterings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: royster (page history and authors); Royster (page history and authors); roister (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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