abstainer
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English absteiner, from absteinen (“to abstain”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
abstainer (plural abstainers)
- Agent noun of abstain; one who abstains; especially, one who abstains from something they enjoy, such as the use of intoxicating liquors, or one who abstains for religious reasons; one who practices self-denial. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][1]
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Translations [edit]
one who abstains
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References [edit]
- ^ 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 9:
