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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However, Little-Pengelly said she did not see anything that made her think Donaldson was a hard drinker.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
From the all-seeing perch of a solo drinker, I watched tourists come and go.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
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
In October, he wrote a piece for his newsletter “Fingers” all about what he calls the “infantilization” of the American drinker.
From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2025
Personally, Perry didn’t care what he drank, for he was not much of a drinker.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
Americans are drinking less, with a Gallup poll recently notching the lowest percentage of drinkers in the nearly 90-year run of the survey.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 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
She adds that it is specifically younger drinkers asking for chilled reds.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
The diners and drinkers at neighboring tables have, over the course of the innkeeper's tale, let their own conversations fall to the wayside and have begun listening to ours.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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