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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

Rachel Dixon, owner of independent bottler Fragrant Drops in Edinburgh, said she had always thought she had a good palate and could smell really well.

From BBC Apr. 17, 2024

He then pushed the water bottler to the opposite side.

From Seattle Times Jan. 20, 2024

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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