drinker

[ dring-ker ]

/ ˈdrɪŋ kər /

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noun

a person who drinks.

a person who drinks alcohol habitually or to excess.

Nearby words

Origin of drinker

before 950; Middle English drinkere, Old English drincere. See drink, -er¹

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Examples from the Web for drinker

However, after completing their nomination, the drinker then challenges friends to do the same thing.
The Internet’s Deadly ‘Neknomination’ Drinking Game|Tom Sykes|February 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His daddy was a drinker, not much for raising kids, so Johnny was farmed off to an uncle, Joe France, the toughest rancher around.
The Ballad of Johnny France|Richard Ben Cramer|January 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Janzen was a drinker who avoided church and had chosen not to have kids.
Moving In With Mom, Dad and God|Marisa Meltzer|October 27, 2009|DAILY BEAST
In high school he had sought to establish himself as a hardened sinner—a drinker and tough citizen.
Gargoyles|Ben Hecht

And they sent Colonel Gession, not so heavy a drinker as Rantzau, a good soldier and an inflexible character.
A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times|Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot
The Senior Surgical Interne was not a drinker, but he was willing to try anything once.
Love Stories|Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and men say, 'He is a great eater and drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners!'
The Children's Bible|Henry A. Sherman
He was no drinker, and he accepted the friendly offering more to attract no comment to himself than because he craved a stimulant.
The Mission of Poubalov|Frederick R. (Frederick Russell) Burton

British Dictionary definitions for drinker

drinker

/ (ˈdrɪŋkə) /

noun

a person who drinks, esp a person who drinks alcohol habitually

short for drinker moth

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