Word of the Day:
rioter
What It Means
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.
Rioter in Context
“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.”
Did You Know?
Inherited from Middle English riotour, from Old French rioteor; equivalent to riot + -er.
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