English Explanatory Dictionary

drinker

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Agent noun of drink; someone or something that drinks.
  2. Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages on a regular basis.
  3. A device from which animals can drink.
  4. A pub.
  5. A lasiocampid moth of species Euthrix potatoria, having an orange-brown colour.
name
  1. A surname

Pronunciation

/ˈdɹɪŋkə(ɹ)/ /ˈdɹɪŋkɚ/ en-au-drinker.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-drinker.wav

Word forms

drinker drinkers

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”).

Synonyms

souse suck-pint local watering hole alcoholic boozer

Antonyms

teetotaler nondrinker

Derived words

B-drinker binge drinker drinker moth milk drinker non-drinker nondrinker social drinker two-fisted drinker water drinker
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