Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rouser

/ɹˈaʊzɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English

Syllables: rous-er
IPA: /ɹˈaʊzɚ/

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something very exciting or stimulating.

noun

One who rouses another from sleep or passivity.

noun

A stirrer in a copper for boiling wort.

Archaic; Colloquial

noun

Australian usage

name

Example Sentences

"They are all shearers, or at least they say they are. Some might be only ‘rousers.’"
"The shearers threw some blankets in / To make another swag, / The rousers gave a billycan / And brand new tucker bag; […]"
"The aim of the rouser is eventually to become a shearer via the medium of the learner’s pen, and in fact the rousie is really an apprentice shearer; but there is certainly a great gulf between the accomplished prince of the board and the miserable rouseabout in the strange new world of his first shed."

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English rousen English rouse English -er English rouser From rouse + -er.

Usage

Inflected Forms

rousers (plural)

Phrases

rabble rouser

Synonyms

waker arouser

Rhymes With

browser hauser trouser houser schnauzer howser mouser cowser wowser dowser wowzer

Questions

How do you pronounce rouser?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹˈaʊzɚ/.
What does rouser mean?: Something very exciting or stimulating.
Where does rouser come from?: Etymology tree Middle English rousen English rouse English -er English rouser From rouse + -er.

How to pronounce rouser

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