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Rioter

//ˈɹaɪətə// noun

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Noun
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    troublemaker who participates in a violent disturbance of the peace; someone who rises up against the constituted authority wordnet

Etymology

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

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