winebibber

American  

[wahyn-bib-er] / ˈwaɪnˌbɪb ər /

noun

1. a person who drinks much wine.

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winebibber British  

/ ˈwaɪnˌbɪbə /

noun

1. a person who drinks a great deal of wine

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Other Word Forms

• winebibbing noun

Etymology

Origin of winebibber

First recorded in 1525–35; wine + bibber

Example Sentences

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!'

From His Life A Complete Story in the Words of the Four Gospels by Barton, William Eleazar

I am no winebibber," he said, "my vows do not allow of it.

From The Firebrand by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and ye say, Behold a man gluttonous and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. 

From Westminster Sermons with a Preface by Kingsley, Charles

They co'd Him a winebibber, and a friend o' all maks o' bad uns.

From Lancashire Idylls (1898) by Mather, Marshall

The Son of man came eating and drinking and they say he is a glutton, a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners.

From All Four Gospels for Readers by Anonymous