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)
- 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
- To walk with a swaying motion.
- Synonyms:
- swagger
Proper noun capitalized: Royster
Royster (plural Roysters)
- A surname.
Forms of royster
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | roysters |
| present participle | roystering |
| past participle | roystered |
| past | roystered |
| Noun | |
| plural | roysters |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Roysters |
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
Source and license
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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