reveler

noun

rev·​el·​er ˈre-və-lər How to pronounce reveler (audio)
ˈrev-lər
variants or reveller
: one who engages in revelry

Examples of reveler in a Sentence

The streets were crowded with revelers on New Year's Eve. wedding revelers whooping it up until dawn
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Nightly dance parties at the park’s concession building featuring tunes from an old jukebox cap the experience for revelers. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2025 Bruno sang his heart out in front of 64,000 hot, sweaty revelers, telling those gathered (in Hebrew) that wanted to marry them. Noa Tishby, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025 The show's runaway success and growing anticipation for the second season, which releases in December 2025, means revelers will surely be met with a sea of blue jumpsuits, ghoulish face paint and makeshift Pipboys this Halloween season for the second year in a row. Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025 More than 200 years later, the event has turned into a global phenomenon with revelers enjoying the best of German culture, from beer to brats and polka music. Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for reveler

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of reveler was in the 14th century

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“Reveler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reveler. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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