smoker

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊkə(r)

Noun

smoker (plural smokers)

1. A person who smokes tobacco habitually.
2. A smoking car on a train.
3. An informal social gathering for men only.
4. A vent in the deep ocean floor from which a plume of superheated seawater, rich in minerals, erupts.
5. An illicit boxing match; see Wikipedia:Battle Royal (boxing).
6. A device that releases smoke intended to distract bees (also more specifically called a bee smoker).
7. An apparatus for smoking food, or a person who smokes food.
8. (UK, Cambridge University) An social event featuring sketches, songs, etc., whether or not smoking is carried out.

Derived terms

• black smoker
• chain-smoker
• passive smoker
• smoker's cough

Antonyms

• non-smoker

Translations

person who smokes tobacco habitually

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吸煙者 (cmn), 吸烟者 (cmn) (xīyānzhě), 煙民 (cmn), 烟民 (cmn) (yānmín)

• Czech: kuřák (cs) m, kuřačka (cs) f
• Danish: ryger (da) c
• Finnish: tupakoija (fi)
• French: fumeur (fr) m, fumeuse (fr) f
• German: Raucher (de) m, Raucherin (de) f
• Greek: καπνιστής (el) (kapnistís) m, καπνίστρια (el) (kapnístria) f
• Hungarian: dohányos (hu)

• Icelandic: reykingamaður (is) m
• Italian: fumatore (it) m
• Japanese: 喫煙者 (ja) (きつえんしゃ, kitsuensha)
• Luxembourgish: Fëmmert (lb) m, Raachert (lb) m (dated)
• Macedonian: пушач (mk) (púšač) m
• Norwegian: røyker (no) m
• Polish: palacz (pl) m, palaczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: fumante (pt) m and f
• Russian: курильщик (ru) (kurilʹščik) m, курильщица (ru) (kurilʹščica) f, куряка (ru) (kurjaka) m (colloquial)
• Spanish: fumador (es) m, fumadora (es) f

smoking car — see smoking car

informal social gathering for men only

vent in the deep ocean floor

• Finnish: savuttaja (fi)

illicit boxing match

bee smoker — see bee smoker

apparatus for smoking food

• Finnish: savustin (fi), savustuspönttö (fi)
• Greek: καπνιστήριο (el) (kapnistírio) n

• Norwegian: røykeri (no) n