drinker
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drink·er
(drĭng′kər)n.
1. One that drinks.
2. One who drinks alcoholic liquors, especially habitually or excessively: a hard drinker.
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drinker
(ˈdrɪŋkə)n
1. a person who drinks, esp a person who drinks alcohol habitually
2. (Animals) short for drinker moth
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drink•er
(ˈdrɪŋ kər)n.
1. one that drinks.
2. a person who drinks alcohol habitually or to excess.
[before 950]
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Noun | 1. | drinker - a person who drinks liquids consumer - a person who uses goods or services quaffer - a person who drinks heartily sipper - a drinker who sips sucker - a drinker who sucks (as at a nipple or through a straw) |
2. | drinker - a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess) consumer - a person who uses goods or services bar fly - a drinker who frequents bars ale drinker, beer drinker - someone whose favorite drink is beer or ale drunk - someone who is intoxicated guzzler - someone who drinks heavily (especially alcoholic beverages); "he's a beer guzzler every night" moderationist - a moderate drinker (as opposed to a total abstainer) social drinker, tippler - someone who drinks liquor repeatedly in small quantities |
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drinker
noun alcoholic, drunk, boozer (informal), soak (slang), lush (slang), toper, sponge (informal), guzzler, drunkard, sot, tippler, wino (informal), inebriate, dipsomaniac, bibber I'm not a heavy drinker.
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drinker
[ˈdrɪŋkər] nCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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drinker
a. bebedor, tomador.
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