See Also: drinker(medicine)
drinker(dictionary)
drinker(dictionary)
Drinker, Philip(medicine)
Drinker respirator(medicine)
Cope, Edward Drinker(encyclopedia)

drinker (iou)



drinker noun. OE.
[from DRINK verb + -ER1.]
A person who drinks; spec. one who takes alcoholic drinks, esp. to excess. OE.
social drinker: see SOCIAL adjective.
Oxford English Dictionary His father was a hard drinker. A. Price The pub's early evening drinkers.
(In full drinker caterpillar) the caterpillar of a large brownish European moth, Euthrix (Philudoria) potatoria, which shows a predilection for taking up water; (in full drinker moth) the moth itself. L17.
A vessel or device from which an animal can drink. M20.