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Definition of teetotaller in English: teetotaller(US teetotaler) nountiːˈtəʊt(ə)ləˈtēˌtōdlər A person who never drinks alcohol. Example sentencesExamples - He is a non-smoker and a teetotaller but has suffered from coronary complications that required surgery over a year ago.
- A teetotaller and non-smoker, he is a keep fit enthusiast.
- The president, a teetotaler since age 40 and a non-smoker - except for an occasional cigar - jogs 3 miles, mostly on a treadmill, at least four times a week.
- Still, even teetotalers should enjoy themselves here, though maybe not as much as aspiring wine geeks, who could easily spend the meal perusing the extensive, user-friendly list.
- This argument isn't coming from a old-fogey teetotaler.
- The survey shows you don't want to be a teetotaler if you want to get on in your job.
- His mother was a teetotaler and his military veteran father rarely drank.
- ‘I'm a teetotaller, meself,’ declares the middle-aged Belfast woman seated opposite me.
- He used to enjoy a few drinks and cigarettes, but he is now a teetotaller.
- Data from the British regional heart study, a long running cohort begun in middle aged men, suggests that light drinkers have the same life expectancy as lifelong teetotallers.
- He said ‘all the good studies’ of drinkers versus teetotallers suggested adults drinking one to two units per day, equivalent to one to two standard glasses of wine or half-pints of beer, had a 20% lower risk of stroke than abstainers.
- Which drink is likely to confer a similar benefit on teetotallers?
- He actively disliked non-smokers and merrily mocked teetotallers.
- This teetotaller and non-smoker is very much a family man, and spends his spare time helping his wife tend to their large collection of bonsai plants.
- The 78-year-old former Prime Minister was a teetotaller and wanted to demonstrate that a life of alcohol abstinence could lessen the effects of advancing age.
- You don't have to become a teetotaller but limit your drinking to two drinks a day and give yourself one alcohol free day each week.
- People who drink could just be smarter and better educated than teetotalers, he says.
- Are you looking for social activities that don't involve drinking or are you trying to be an inconspicuous teetotaler?
- I am a strict vegetarian, non-smoker and a teetotaller.
- Women would rather have a husband who can hold his drink than a teetotaller.
Synonyms non-drinker, abstainer Australian/New Zealand informal wowser rare Rechabite, nephalist, pussyfoot, white ribboner
Definition of teetotaler in US English: teetotaler(British teetotaller) nounˈtēˌtōdlər A person who never drinks alcohol. Example sentencesExamples - ‘I'm a teetotaller, meself,’ declares the middle-aged Belfast woman seated opposite me.
- Which drink is likely to confer a similar benefit on teetotallers?
- The survey shows you don't want to be a teetotaler if you want to get on in your job.
- The 78-year-old former Prime Minister was a teetotaller and wanted to demonstrate that a life of alcohol abstinence could lessen the effects of advancing age.
- He said ‘all the good studies’ of drinkers versus teetotallers suggested adults drinking one to two units per day, equivalent to one to two standard glasses of wine or half-pints of beer, had a 20% lower risk of stroke than abstainers.
- Still, even teetotalers should enjoy themselves here, though maybe not as much as aspiring wine geeks, who could easily spend the meal perusing the extensive, user-friendly list.
- The president, a teetotaler since age 40 and a non-smoker - except for an occasional cigar - jogs 3 miles, mostly on a treadmill, at least four times a week.
- I am a strict vegetarian, non-smoker and a teetotaller.
- This teetotaller and non-smoker is very much a family man, and spends his spare time helping his wife tend to their large collection of bonsai plants.
- He is a non-smoker and a teetotaller but has suffered from coronary complications that required surgery over a year ago.
- You don't have to become a teetotaller but limit your drinking to two drinks a day and give yourself one alcohol free day each week.
- A teetotaller and non-smoker, he is a keep fit enthusiast.
- Women would rather have a husband who can hold his drink than a teetotaller.
- He actively disliked non-smokers and merrily mocked teetotallers.
- People who drink could just be smarter and better educated than teetotalers, he says.
- His mother was a teetotaler and his military veteran father rarely drank.
- He used to enjoy a few drinks and cigarettes, but he is now a teetotaller.
- Are you looking for social activities that don't involve drinking or are you trying to be an inconspicuous teetotaler?
- Data from the British regional heart study, a long running cohort begun in middle aged men, suggests that light drinkers have the same life expectancy as lifelong teetotallers.
- This argument isn't coming from a old-fogey teetotaler.
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