reveler

noun

rev·​el·​er ˈre-və-lər How to pronounce reveler (audio)
ˈrev-lər
variants or reveller
: one who engages in revelry

Examples of reveler in a Sentence

The streets were crowded with revelers on New Year's Eve. wedding revelers whooping it up until dawn
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The annual Lunar New Year Lion Dance Parade, led each year by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of New England (CCBA), kicked off at 11 a.m. Sunday morning with live performances, pounding drums and crowds of revelers braving the cold. Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 10 Feb. 2025 In the wild days of the late 1980s and 1990s, Brantley says, bars along Bourbon Street would pay strippers to show off their goods on the long gallery balconies lining the road, and host ceremonial light pole-greasings to stop revelers climbing them. Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2025 Related article Barricades were supposed to keep Bourbon Street revelers safe. Dakin Andone, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025 But Bethel warned that police will eventually start clearing revelers to prepare streets for the work week. Mike D'onofrio, Axios, 6 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for reveler

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of reveler was in the 14th century

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“Reveler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reveler. Accessed 26 Feb. 2025.

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