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bottler

1 American  
[bot-l-er] / ˈbɒt l ər /

noun

  1. a person, thing, or company that bottles.


bottler 2 American  
[bot-ler] / ˈbɒt lər /

noun

  1. Australian and New Zealand Slang. a person or thing that is excellent or excites admiration.


bottler British  
/ ˈbɒtələ /

noun

  1. informal an excellent or outstanding person or thing

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of bottler1

bottle 1 + -er 1

Origin of bottler2

Origin obscure; the final -er (apparently -er 1 ) is shared by a number of synonymous expressive words, the earliest of which is perhaps bonzer

Example Sentences

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The growth in profit follows an agreement to acquire Coca-Cola Beverages Africa in October—a region where the bottler expects to see growth in the future.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

He holds silver miner Industrias Penoles while Baillie Gifford’s Keiller owns Fomento Económico Mexicano, known as FEMSA, which operates a Coca-Cola bottler and has turned around its Oxxo convenience stores.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

He then pushed the water bottler to the opposite side.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2024

"We were always hungry. We could only sip our water. A large bottle had to last four to five days, a smaller bottler for two days."

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2023

From the base of this receptacle it flows over the radiator in the bottling-room, which reduces it at once to the required temperature, thence into the mechanical bottler.

From How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers by Bleyer, Willard Grosvenor

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