nondrinker

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See also: non-drinker

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Etymology[edit]

non- +‎ drinker

Noun[edit]

nondrinker (plural nondrinkers)

  1. One who does not drink alcohol; a teetotaler.
    • 1985, The Journal of Applied Social Sciences, Volumes 10-11‎[1], Digitized edition, Case Western Reserve University, published 2006, page 17:
      A majority of adolescents (66%) believe that an adolescent who changed from heavy drinker to nondrinker will be accepted by nondrinkers/moderate drinkers.
  2. Someone who does not drink a specified beverage (milk, wine, coffee, etc).
    • 1959, Daniel A. Swope, Francena Lounsbery Nolan, Basic Appeals in Consumer Acceptance of Milk:
      Data were analyzed to test differences between: (1) drinkers and nondrinkers of milk, and (2) [...]

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