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Ranter   Listen
noun
Ranter  n.  
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.





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"Ranter" Quotes from Famous Books



... glad you answered; you are so calm and natural you put me to shame. What a ranter I am! We are often out of sympathy. But in fundamentals we may always ...
— Sons and Lovers • David Herbert Lawrence
... whether Zola will prove as successful as his famous forerunner. [Nearly the whole of the European press was at that stage expressing doubt on this point.] In this connection I may say that I regard Zola as a man of very calm, methodical, judicial mind. He is no ranter, no lover of words for words' sake, no fiery enthusiast. Each of his books is a most laborious, painstaking piece of work. If he ever brings forward a theory he bases it on a mountain of evidence, and he invariably subordinates his feeling to his reason. I therefore venture to ...
— With Zola in England • Ernest Alfred Vizetelly


Words linked to "Ranter" :   rant, verbaliser, verbalizer, speaker, utterer, talker, raver


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