From Middle English drinkere, drynkere, from Old English drincere, from Proto-Germanic *drinkārijaz, equivalent to drink + -er.

• (British) IPA: /ˈdɹɪŋkə(ɹ)/
• (America) IPA: /ˈdɹɪŋkɚ/

drinker (plural drinkers)

1. Agent noun of drink; someone or something that drinks.
2. Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages on a regular basis.

   a heavy drinker

3. A device from which animals can drink.

   a bell drinker

   a nipple drinker

4. (slang) A pub.
   • 2011, Tony Black, Gutted, page 88:

     Antisocial behaviour? What the hell was that? In my day antisocial meant staying in to watch the footy on Scotsport instead of going down the drinker.

• (drunkard) alcoholic, souse, suck-pint; See also Thesaurus:drunkard
• (pub) boozer, local, watering hole; See also Thesaurus:pub

• (antonym(s) of “drunkard”): teetotaler, nondrinker; See also Thesaurus:teetotaler

• French: buveur, buveuse
• German: Trinker, Trinkerin
• Portuguese: bebedor, bebedora
• Russian: пью́щий
• Spanish: bebedor, bebedora

• French: buveur, buveuse
• German: Trinker, Trinkerin, Gewohnheitstrinker, Gewohnheitstrinkerin
• Portuguese: bebedor, bebedora
• Russian: пья́ница
• Spanish: bebedor, bebedora