English Explanatory Dictionary

hellraiser

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who engages in wild, wanton behavior: one who raises hell.

Word forms

hellraiser hellraisers

Etymology

From hell + raiser. Coined in 1914.

Related words

give someone hell hellion necromancer shitmonger shit-stirrer
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