drinker

Meaning

  1. (agent, form-of) Agent noun of drink; someone or something that drinks.
  2. Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages on a regular basis.
  3. A device from which animals can drink.
  4. (slang) A pub.
  5. A lasiocampid moth of species Euthrix potatoria, having an orange-brown colour.

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drink

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdɹɪŋkə(ɹ)/
Etymology

In summary

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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