Exulter

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A person who displays triumphant joy or celebrates a victory with great enthusiasm
2. Someone who rejoices loudly or expresses exultation at a success or achievement
3. One who exhibits intense delight or exultant celebration over an accomplishment or favorable event

Etymology: The verb "exult" comes from Latin "exsultare," meaning "to leap up" or "to jump for joy." That Latin verb is a frequentative form of "exsilire," "to leap out," built from "ex-" ("out") and "salire" ("to leap"). The physical leap is the original picture, and the emotion of triumph came later in the word's history. "Exulter" is the agent noun, formed by adding the English suffix "-er" to "exult," so it means one who exults. Because "exult" is the base, the word inherits that Latin sense of bounding upward. The same root "salire" also gave English "salient," "assail," and "insult," which share the idea of springing forward or onto something.

Synonyms: celebrant, rejoicer