compotatorn.
/ˈkɒmpəʊteɪtə/ A fellow-drinker.
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinker > fellow drinker
companion?1505
bowl-fellow1509
pot-companion1549
potpanionc1580
pot-mate1603
compotanta1624
dear heart1669
bottle companiona1689
bottle frienda1689
compotator1731
tavern-fellow1899
pub-friend1959
the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > one who drinks to excess > companion
pot-companion1549
potpanionc1580
cup-mate?1592
pot-mate1603
pot-allya1625
compotator1731
1731 A. Pope Corr. 23 Aug. (1956) III. 218 Half our Companions & Compotators of Syllabub.
1767 A. Campbell Lexiphanes 31 The..flowing hilarity of our fellow compotators.
1846 N. Hawthorne Mosses ii. vii. 115 Ben Jonson's compotators at the Mermaid.
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