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.
ranter n : someone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud manner [syn: {raver}]