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/ 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. a heavy drinker A device from which animals can drink. a bell drinker a nipple drinker (slang) A pub. A lasiocampid moth of species Euthrix potatoria, having an orange-brown colour. ==== Synonyms ==== (drunkard): alcoholic, souse, suck-pint; See also Thesaurus:drunkard (pub): boozer, local, watering hole; See also Thesaurus:pub ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “drunkard”): teetotaler, nondrinker; See also Thesaurus:teetotaler ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Notes === === Anagrams === redrink == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch drinkere. Equivalent to drinken +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdrɪŋ.kər/ Hyphenation: drin‧ker Rhymes: -ɪŋkər === Noun === drinker m (plural drinkers, no diminutive) one who drinks a regular drinker of alcoholic beverages (obsolete) a smoker ==== Derived terms ==== bierdrinker brandewijndrinker tabakdrinker wijndrinker ==== Descendants ==== Negerhollands: drinker