wassailer

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person who carouses or drinks and celebrates noisily

   The last wassailer left the tavern singing just before dawn.

2. 2
   noun

   historical: a person who goes from house to house singing seasonal songs and offering good wishes

   Each wassailer carried a cup while the group sang at the farmhouse door.

From wassail + -er. Wassail comes through Middle English from Old Norse ves heill, 'be in good health,' a greeting used in toasting. It came to denote both festive drinking and the custom of singing and offering good wishes from house to house.

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