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Webster 1913 Edition

Drunkard

Drunk′ard

,
Noun.
[
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Drunkard

DRUNKARD

,
Noun.
One given to ebriety or an excessive used of strong liquor; a person who habitually or frequently is drunk.
A drunkard and a glutton shall come to poverty. Proverbs 23.

Definition 2024

drunkard

drunkard

English

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Noun

drunkard ‎(plural drunkards)

  1. (somewhat derogatory) A person who is habitually drunk.

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Etymology

From earlier droncarde, from Middle English *druncard (attested as a surname, Druncard), possibly from Middle Low German drunkert, equivalent to drunk +‎ -ard ‎(“pejorative agent suffix”).

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