riotour

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French rioteor; equivalent to rioten +‎ -our.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌriːutˈuːr/, /ˈriːutur/, /ˈriːətur/

Noun

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riotour (plural riotours)

  1. A rioter; a person who participates in a riot.
    • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Pardoner's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 692-693:
      ‘Ye, goddes armes,’ quod this ryotour,
      ‘Is it swich peril with him for to mete?’
      ‘Yea, God's arms,’ said this rioter,
      ‘Is it such peril to meet with him?’
  2. A person who lives profligately or dissolutely.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
  3. (rare) A robber or looter.

Descendants

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  • English: rioter, riotor

References

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