drunkard
noun
a habitual drinker of alcohol who is frequently intoxicated.
drunkards
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pluralof drunkard.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Ms. Adelman describes how Lewis’s specimens fell into the hands of a series of botanists—some of them charlatans, drunkards, liars or thieves—who squandered his legacy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
Justice Neil Gorsuch, a conservative, pushed back saying that even early American presidents might have qualified as "habitual drunkards" by the standards of today.
From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026
God has a special providence for fools, drunkards, and the United States of America.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2022
In our search for cosmic signals of dark matter, we could be likened to drunkards looking for lost keys beneath lampposts, where the light shines the brightest.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 8, 2022
I could not bring you, but I have no problem telling you what I saw—the entire diaspora around me—hustlers, lawyers, Kappas, busters, doctors, barbers, Deltas, drunkards, geeks, and nerds.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
