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Webster 1913 Edition
Ranter
Rant′er
(rănt′ẽr)
, Noun.
1.
A noisy talker; a raving declaimer.
2.
(Eccl. Hist.)
(a)
One of a religious sect which sprung up in 1645; – called also
Seekers
. See Seeker
. (b)
One of the Primitive Methodists, who seceded from the Wesleyan Methodists on the ground of their deficiency in fervor and zeal; – so called in contempt.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ranter
RANT'ER
,Noun.
Definition 2025
Ranter
Ranter
See also: ranter
English
Noun
Ranter (plural Ranters)
- A member of an alleged sect in the time of the English Commonwealth (1649–1660) who were regarded as heretical by the established church.
- (derogatory) One of the Primitive Methodists, who seceded from the Wesleyan Methodists on the ground of their deficiency in fervour and zeal.