drinker
English
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”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɹɪŋkə(ɹ)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɹɪŋkɚ/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪŋkə(ɹ)
Noun
drinker (plural drinkers)
- Agent noun of drink; someone or something that drinks.
- Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages on a regular basis.
- 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 280:
- At a single table a couple of Chinese drinkers looked up incuriously.
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- A device from which animals can drink.
- a bell drinker
- a nipple drinker
- (slang) A pub.
- 2011, Tony Black, Gutted, page 88:
- 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.
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Synonyms
- (drunkard): alcoholic, souse, suck-pint; See also Thesaurus:drunkard
- (pub): boozer, local, watering hole; See also Thesaurus:pub
Antonyms
- (drunkard): teetotaler, nondrinker; See also Thesaurus:teetotaler
Derived terms
- B-drinker
- binge drinker
- drinker moth
- nondrinker
- social drinker
- two-fisted drinker
- water drinker
Translations
one that drinks
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regular drinker of alcohol
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a device
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Anagrams
- redrink
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch drinkere. Equivalent to drinken + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdriŋ.kər/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: drin‧ker
- Rhymes: -ɪŋkər
Noun
drinker m (plural drinkers)
- One who drinks.
- A regular drinker of alcoholic beverages.
- (obsolete) A smoker.
Derived terms
- bierdrinker
- brandewijndrinker
- tabakdrinker
- wijndrinker
Descendants
- Negerhollands: drinker