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drunk⋅ard

[druhng-kerd]
–noun
a person who is habitually or frequently drunk.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME; see drunk, -ard


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.


teetotaler.
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drunk·ard   (drŭng'kərd)   
n.  One who is habitually drunk.
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Medical Dictionary

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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