riotour
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
- reatour, riatoure, rietoure, ryetour, ryotour
- riator, riatour, rioter, riottour, ryatour, ryotter, ryouter (Late Middle English)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old French rioteor; equivalent to rioten + -our.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
riotour (plural riotours)
- 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?’
- ‘Yea, God's arms,’ said this rioter,
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Pardoner's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 692-693:
- A person who lives profligately or dissolutely.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
- (rare) A robber or looter.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “rīotǒur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.