drinker

CEFRA2

/ˈdɹɪŋkə(ɹ)/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person who drinks a particular liquid or alcohol.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A device from which animals can drink.

Examples

  • Are you a coffee or a tea drinker?

  • You could get into the Guinness Book of World Records as the heaviest drinker.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages on a regular basis.

  2. Agent noun of drink; someone or something that drinks.

  3. A lasiocampid moth of species Euthrix potatoria, having an orange-brown colour.

More examples

In context

  • She's die-hard coffee drinker.

  • a bell drinker

  • a heavy drinker

Synonyms

Antonyms

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Origin

noun

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”).