roarer
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Roar′er noun
1. One who, or that which, roars. Specifically: (a) A riotous fellow; a roaring boy.
A lady to turn roarer, and break glasses.— Philip Massinger
(b) Farriery A horse subject to roaring. See Roaring, 2.
2. Zoology The barn owl. dialect (England)
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54