Drinker Meaning
/ˈdɹɪŋkə(ɹ)/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAgent noun of drink; someone or something that drinks.
nounSomeone who drinks alcoholic beverages on a regular basis.
Sentence Examples
You could get into the Guinness Book of World Records as the heaviest drinker.
She's die-hard coffee drinker.
Are you a coffee or a tea drinker?
CEFR Practice Quiz
He is a heavy coffee ____ and consumes five cups daily.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
You could get into the Guinness Book of World Records as the heaviest ____.
Word Origin & History
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”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"At a single table a couple of Chinese drinkers looked up incuriously."
— 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 280:
"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."
— 2011, Tony Black, Gutted, page 88:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
He is a heavy coffee ____ and consumes five cups daily.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
You could get into the Guinness Book of World Records as the heaviest ____.