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Wassailer

Wassailer \Was"sail*er\, n. One who drinks wassail; one who engages in festivity, especially in drinking; a reveler.

The rudeness and swilled insolence Of such late wassailers.
--Milton.

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wassailer

  1. n. someone who enjoys riotous drinking [syn: carouser]

  2. someone who proposes a toast; someone who drinks to the health of success of someone or some venture [syn: toaster]

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Grown men, as well as children, sometimes went round, and the ditties sung often contained verses of good-wishes for the household practically identical with those sung by wassailers at Christmas.