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[ dring-ker ] / ˈdrɪŋ kər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR drinker ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna person who drinks. a person who drinks alcohol habitually or to excess. Origin of drinkerbefore 950; Middle English drinkere,Old English drincere.See drink, -er1 Words nearby drinkerD-ring, drink, drinkable, drink-driver, drink-driving, drinker, drinker moth, Drinker respirator, drinkery, drinking, drinking fountain Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for drinkerHowever, after completing their nomination, the drinker then challenges friends to do the same thing. The Internet’s Deadly ‘Neknomination’ Drinking Game|Tom Sykes|February 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST His daddy was a drinker, not much for raising kids, so Johnny was farmed off to an uncle, Joe France, the toughest rancher around. The Ballad of Johnny France|Richard Ben Cramer|January 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST Janzen was a drinker who avoided church and had chosen not to have kids. Moving In With Mom, Dad and God|Marisa Meltzer|October 27, 2009|DAILY BEAST In high school he had sought to establish himself as a hardened sinner—a drinker and tough citizen.
And they sent Colonel Gession, not so heavy a drinker as Rantzau, a good soldier and an inflexible character. A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times|Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot The Senior Surgical Interne was not a drinker, but he was willing to try anything once. Love Stories|Mary Roberts Rinehart The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and men say, 'He is a great eater and drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners!' The Children's Bible|Henry A. Sherman He was no drinker, and he accepted the friendly offering more to attract no comment to himself than because he craved a stimulant. The Mission of Poubalov|Frederick R. (Frederick Russell) Burton
British Dictionary definitions for drinker
nouna person who drinks, esp a person who drinks alcohol habitually short for drinker moth Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to drinkeralcoholic, souse, lush, boozer, wino, drunkard, guzzler, dipsomaniac |