ranter
/ˈrantə
/noun
1A person who rants: Sunday afternoon ranters at Speaker’s Corner...
- Many of the ranters are either ignored or gently calmed down by other posters there.
- There's a sad lack of rationality here, and it's become pointless to try to reason with the ranters.
- I repeat it, because some ranters haven't understood something here apparently.
2 (Ranter) A member of an antinomian Christian sect in England during the mid 17th century which denied the authority of scripture and clergy.We learn how the ideas of the Ranters, Levellers and the Diggers filtered into the common-sense of this labouring class....
- In so doing, McDowell greatly extends our understanding of the intellectual roots of the Levelers, the Quakers, and the Ranters.
- Using a mixture of readings and commentary, he ranges from More's Utopia through the English Civil War period with its Levellers, Ranters and Diggers.
2.1(In the 19th century) a member of certain Nonconformist, in particular Methodist, groups.
