Abstainer

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Abstainer \Ab*stain"er\, n.
     One who abstains; esp., one who abstains from the use of
     intoxicating liquors.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  abstainer
       n 1: practices self denial as spiritual discipline [syn: {ascetic}]
       2: a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages
          [syn: {abstinent}, {nondrinker}] [ant: {drinker}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "abstainer":
     Albigensian, Apostolici, Catharist, Encratite, Franciscan,
     Pythagorean, Pythagorist, Rechabite, Sabbatarian, Shaker, Trappist,
     Waldensian, abstinent, anchorite, ascetic, banian, bhikshu,
     dervish, fakir, flagellant, fruitarian, gymnosophist, hermit,
     hydropot, mendicant, nephalist, puritan, sannyasi, teetotaler,
     teetotalist, vegetarian, water-drinker, yogi, yogin
  
  

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  ABSTAINER, n.  A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying
  himself a pleasure.  A total abstainer is one who abstains from
  everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the
  affairs of others.
  
      Said a man to a crapulent youth:  "I thought
          You a total abstainer, my son."
      "So I am, so I am," said the scrapgrace caught --
          "But not, sir, a bigoted one."
                                                                    G.J.