ranter noun. ['rantǝ] M17.
[from RANT verb + -ER¹.]
1. A person who rants or declaims noisily or bombastically. M17.

2. A person who leads a riotous or dissipated life; a rake. M17-E19.
b. A lively singer or musician. Scot. E18-E19.

3. Hist. (Ranter.)
a. A member of a 17th-cent. English antinomian sect. M17.
b. A Primitive Methodist. E19.

■ Ranterism noun (Hist.) the doctrine or practices of the Ranters L17.

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ranter verb trans. ['rantǝ] E17.
[French rentrer, rentraire: cf. RENTER verb.]
1. Darn, mend. Scot. & dial. E17.

2. = RENTER verb. E20.

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