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non-drinker en · NOUN

Etymology

From non- + drinker.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of nondrinker (“one who does not drink any specified beverage, especially alcohol”).
    alt of nondrinker
    • Many of the persons listed as non-drinkers of milk actually consumed some of the raw article on cereals, puddings, etc. Many took it only in coffee, but in that case the heat of the coffee would be sufficient to destroy the organism. 1907, Boston (Massachusetts) Health Dept Annual Report, page 136
    • […] A non-drinker of milk, she must […] 1987, Carlton Fredericks, Low blood sugar and you, →ISBN:

Forms

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non-drinkers Number=Plur lexicographic