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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RANTER

n.A noisy talker; a boisterous preacher.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RANTER

RANTER Rant "er, n.

1. A noisy talker; a raving declaimer.

2. (Eccl. Hist. ) (a ) One of a religious sect which sprung up in 1645; -- called also Seekers. See Seeker. (b ) One of the Primitive Methodists, who seceded from the Wesleyan Methodists on the ground of their deficiency in fervor and zeal; -- so called in contempt.

RANTERISM

Rant "er *ism, n. (Eccl. Hist. )

Defn: The practice or tenets of the Ranters.

Oxford Dictionary

ranter

rant ¦er |ˈrantə | ▶noun 1 a person who rants. 2 ( Ranter ) a member of an antinomian Christian sect in England during the mid 17th century which denied the authority of scripture and clergy. • (in the 19th century ) a member of certain Nonconformist, in particular Methodist, groups.