wassailer

Definition of Wassailer in English :

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Noun

1. carouser, wassailer

someone who enjoys riotous drinking

carouser

2. toaster, wassailer

someone who proposes a toast; someone who drinks to the health of success of someone or some venture

toaster

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Wassailer

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noun

1.

(formerly) a toast or salutation made to a person at festivities

2.

a festivity when much drinking takes place

3.

alcoholic drink drunk at such a festivity, esp spiced beer or mulled wine

4.

the singing of Christmas carols, going from house to house

5. archaic

a drinking song

verb

6.

to drink the health of (a person) at a wassail

7. (intransitive)

to go from house to house singing carols at Christmas

Wassailer

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noun

1.

a salutation formerly given in drinking the health of a person, as at a festivity

2.

the spiced ale or other liquor with which such healths were drunk

3.

a celebration with much drinking, esp. at Christmastime; carousal

verb intransitive

4.

to drink wassails

5. British

to go caroling from house to house at Christmastime

verb transitive

6.

to drink to the health or prosperity of

Wassailer

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n.

1.

a. A salutation or toast given in drinking someone's health or as an expression of goodwill at a festivity.

b. The drink used in such toasting, commonly ale or wine spiced with roasted apples and sugar.

2. A festivity characterized by much drinking.

v. was·sailed, was·sail·ing, was·sails

v.tr.

To drink to the health of; toast.

v.intr.

To engage in or drink a wassail.

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