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drinker.

Agent noun of drink; someone or something that drinks.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈdɹɪŋkə(ɹ)/UK/ˈdɹɪŋkɚ/General-American
  1. Agent noun of drink; someone or something that drinks.

    agent · form-of
  2. Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages on a regular basis.

    a heavy drinker
  3. A device from which animals can drink.

    a bell drinker
    a nipple drinker
  4. A pub.

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

Where this word comes from

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”).

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