drinker
nounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈdɹɪŋkə(ɹ)//
- United States//ˈdɹɪŋkɚ//
Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages on a regular basis.
noun
- 1
Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages on a regular basis.
a heavy drinker
At a single table a couple of Chinese drinkers looked up incuriously.
- 2
A device from which animals can drink.
a bell drinker
a nipple drinker
- 3
slangA pub.
Antisocial behaviour? What the hell was that? In my day antisocial meant staying in to watch the footy on Scotsport instead of going down the drinker.
- 4
A lasiocampid moth of species Euthrix potatoria, having an orange-brown colour.
- 5
Also a form of drinkAgent noun of drink; someone or something that drinks.
Etymology
From Middle English drinkere, drynkere, from Old English drincere (“drinker”), from Proto-Germanic *drinkārijaz (“drinker”), equivalent to drink + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Drinker (“drinker”), West Frisian drinker (“drinker”), Dutch drinker (“drinker”), German Low German Drinker (“drinker”), German Trinker (“drinker”), Danish drikker (“drinker”), Swedish drickare, drinkare (“drinker”).
Forms
- plural
- drinkers
drinker · Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages on a regular basis.
Drinker · A surnamedrinking · An act or session by which drink is consumed, especially…drinks · A short break in play to allow the players to have a drink,…