as in celebrants
one who engages in merrymaking especially in honor of a special occasion
merrymakers at the country club like to celebrate New Year's Eve in an especially grand style
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Noun
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Cops have arrested three of the illicit synagogue celebrants and were looking for the fourth, police said.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
24 Jan. 2025 -
The New Orleans truck-ramming incident on New Year’s Eve was a tragedy that killed 15 people and injured more than 30 celebrants in the French Quarter.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2025
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The crew from Whiskey in the Jar won the wet and wild 2025 Hamtramck Yacht Races as revelers lined Jos Campau Avenue and hurled tens of thousands of water balloons at racers – and each other – to celebrate Labor Day.—
M.L. Elrick,
Freep.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Ignited when Detroit’s nearly all-white police force arrested several Black revelers at an after-hours drinking club in the early morning on July 23, 1967, the riot triggered a devastating period of violence in the city that left 43 people dead and millions of dollars in property destroyed.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Merrymakers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/merrymakers. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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