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teetotaller en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • ˈtiːtəʊtələ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈtitoʊtəlɚ/ (General-American)
  • /tiːˈtəʊtələ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From teetotal + -er.

Meanings

  1. British standard spelling of teetotaler.
    • The six drivers foregathered and the rather surprising discovery was made that five out of the six were teetotallers. 1941 January, David L. Smith, “Still More G. & S.W. Nights' Entertainment”, in Railway Magazine, page 16:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
teetotaler US, alternative lexicographic
teetotallers Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

teetotal · teetotalism · teetotaling · teetotalling · teetotally