rioter

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English riotour, from Old French rioteor; equivalent to riot + -er.

noun

  1. One who riots; part of the unruly violent crowd causing a riot.
    The rioters had erected a makeshift barricade and were pelting the police with rocks from behind it.

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