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drunk⋅ard

  [druhng-kerd]
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–noun
a person who is habitually or frequently drunk.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME; see drunk, -ard

Synonyms:
toper, sot, tippler, drinker. Drunkard and inebriate are terms for a person who drinks hard liquors habitually. Drunkard connotes willful indulgence to excess. Inebriate is a slightly more formal term than drunkard. Dipsomaniac is the term for a person who, because of some psychological or physiological illness, has an irresistible craving for liquor. The dipsomaniac is popularly called an alcoholic.

Antonyms:
teetotaler.
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drunk·ard   (drŭng'kərd)   
n.  One who is habitually drunk.
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Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Drunkard

Drunk"ard\, n. [Drunk + -ard.] One who habitually drinks strong liquors immoderately; one whose habit it is to get drunk; a toper; a sot.

The drunkard and glutton shall come to poverty. -- Prov. xxiii. 21.
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Language Translation for : drunkard
Spanish: borracho,
German: der Säufer,
Japanese: 大酒飲み
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Main Entry: drunk·ard
Pronunciation: 'dr&[ng]-k&rd
Function: noun
: one suffering from or subject to acute or chronic alcoholism : one who habitually becomes drunk
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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