a drinker; tippler (esp in the expression wine-bibber)
bibber in American English
(ˈbɪbər)
noun
a person who bibs; drinker; toper
bibber in American English
(ˈbɪbər)
noun
(usually used in combination)
a steady drinker; tippler
winebibber
Word origin
[1530–40; bib + -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1530–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: explode, rigid, saturate, starter, toilet-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner)