The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ranter \Rant"er\ (r[a^]nt"[~e]r), n.
   1. A noisy talker; a raving declaimer.
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   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.
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