Definition of DRINKER

drinker

Meanings

Plural: drinkers

Noun

  • a person who drinks liquids
  • a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)
  • Agent noun of drink; someone or something that drinks.
  • Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages on a regular basis.
  • A device from which animals can drink.
  • A pub.
  • A lasiocampid moth of species Euthrix potatoria, having an orange-brown colour.

Origin / 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”).

Synonyms

alcoholic, boozer, imbiber, juicer, local, souse, suck-pint, toper, watering hole

Scrabble Score: 12

drinker is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
drinker is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
drinker is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

drinker is a valid Words With Friends word