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a
: one that drinks
b
: a person who drinks alcoholic beverages especially to a notable degree
a heavy drinker
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I'm not much of a drinker.
Most of his friends are drinkers.
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Both former heavy drinkers and heavy drinkers also had higher odds of developing tau tangles, an Alzheimer’s biomarker.5
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Cathy Nelson, Health, 7 May 2025
Instead of rolling out fancy marketing programs, brands should educate drinkers about what makes their liquid special.
—Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Researchers similarly found that former heavy drinkers also had a lower brain mass ratio and worse cognitive abilities.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 13 Apr. 2025
The risk was 89% higher than former heavy drinkers and 60% higher than moderate drinkers.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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Cathy Nelson, Health, 7 May 2025
Instead of rolling out fancy marketing programs, brands should educate drinkers about what makes their liquid special.
—Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Researchers similarly found that former heavy drinkers also had a lower brain mass ratio and worse cognitive abilities.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 13 Apr. 2025
The risk was 89% higher than former heavy drinkers and 60% higher than moderate drinkers.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for drinker
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“Drinker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drinker. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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