noun
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a person who drinks, esp a person who drinks alcohol habitually
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short for drinker moth
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of drinker
before 950; Middle English drinkere, Old English drincere. See drink, -er 1
Example Sentences
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Adya, the Frappuccino drinker, said she remembered experiencing that switch in the brand identity when she walked into a store in Midtown Manhattan just before the COVID-19 lockdown.
From Slate ● Dec. 22, 2025
Determine what sort of wine drinker your giftee might be.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
"But I'm not much of a social drinker anyway," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2025
“We’re showing with this study that the picture of the American drinker is changing dramatically,” Lee said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2025
“I’m so glad I’m not much of a coffee drinker or I would just die.”
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
One of the first things I noticed was that almost nobody — drinkers or nondrinkers — recognized themselves in the version of Gen Z they’d been reading about.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Artificial intelligence users are shopping around as US giants face fierce competition from Chinese rivals -- and in Beijing's tech district, drinkers at an AI-themed bar can even plug in to DeepSeek for free.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
Moderate wine drinkers had a 21% lower risk of dying from cardiovascular disease compared with never or occasional drinkers.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
‘Pony’ beers are getting attention from brewers like Constellation Brands that want to appeal to moderation-minded drinkers and the GLP-1 crowd.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
In 1972, 18 percent of soft drink users said they drank Coke exclusively, compared with 4 percent who called themselves exclusive Pepsi drinkers.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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