Tu"mult*er (?), n. A maker of tumults. [Obs.]

He severely punished the tumulters.

Milton.

Tu*mul"tu*a*ri*ly (?), adv. In a tumultuary manner.

Tu*mul"tu*a*ri*ness, n. The quality or state of being tumultuary.

Tu*mul"tu*a*ry (?), a. [L. tumultuarius: cf. F. tumultuaire.] 1.

Attended by, or producing, a tumult; disorderly; promiscuous; confused;

tumultuous. "A tumultuary conflict." Eikon Basilike.

A tumultuary attack of the Celtic peasantry.

Macaulay.

Sudden flight or tumultuary skirmish.

De Quincey.

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