compotator

[kom-puh-tey-ter]

noun

1. a person who drinks or tipples with another.

Other Word Forms

• compotatory adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of compotator¹

From Late Latin, dating back to 1725–35; compotation, -tor

Example Sentences

This amusement is superintended by the Friar, according to the recurrence of certain fustian words, to be repeated by every compotator in turn before he drank—a species of High Jinks, as it were, by which they regulated their potations, as toasts were given in latter times.

Read more on Project Gutenberg

I hold it a heresy to let it deaden in my hand, while the glass of my compotator is being filled on the opposite side of the table.

Read more on Project Gutenberg