Toper

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who habitually drinks alcoholic liquors to excess; a hard drinker; a sot.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who topes, or drinks frequently or to excess; a drunkard; a sot.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Someone who drinks a lot; a drunkard.
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  • noun. a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)
  • Word Usage
    "Nor could Polly's later explanation that the last word was "happy," and not "drunk," reconcile him; for she had been compelled to admit that the old king was a toper, and that he was always in his cups when he struck up the chant."
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    drinke  drunkard  sot