Smoker Meaning
/ˈsmoʊkɚ/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA person who smokes tobacco habitually.
nounA smoking car on a train.
Sentence Examples
It transpired that the fire was caused by a careless smoker.
My uncle is a very heavy smoker; tobacco is indispensable to him.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The doctor warned the ____ that smoking could cause lung cancer.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The hotel has a strict policy that prohibits any guest from being a ____ in the indoor rooms.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English smoke Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English smoker From smoke + -er.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Even though I don't smoke, I'm not one of those fanatics you run into. In fact, I love watching cigarette smokers in their sad little sealed-off areas, sucking away, deep lines in their faces, precancerous lesions taking hold, the posture and body language of petty criminals. You know what you do with these people? Give 'em free cigarettes. Let 'em smoke. Offer them a light!"
— 1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 47:
"We had all got into a first-class smoker, and he had already lit the short and charred old briar pipe which seemed to singe the end of his long, aggressive nose."
— 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
"A smoker at which prizes were distributed was held at the Hotel Victory […]"
— 1904, Forest and Stream, volume 63, page 120:
"One of the most unique athletic programs given in Tacoma for a long time, and which should furnish rare fun for the spectators, is scheduled for the smoker given tonight by company A, Second infantry regiment, N. G. W., at the company drill hall, South Twelfth and A streets."
— 1908 April 22, The Tacoma Daily Ledger, page 7:
"A morning paper made brief mention of a smoker that was to be given on the following evening by the German minister."
— 1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Plot That Failed”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 60:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The doctor warned the ____ that smoking could cause lung cancer.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The hotel has a strict policy that prohibits any guest from being a ____ in the indoor rooms.