Meaning & use
Teetotaller
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A person who never drinks alcoholic beverages.
See it in a sentence
As a lifelong teetotaller, he ordered sparkling water at the wedding toast.
The pub was an odd choice for a group that included several teetotallers.
A note on using this word
The word likely arose from a reduplication of 'total' for emphasis, first recorded in the 1830s temperance movement.
Words with a similar meaning
abstainer
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Words with an opposite meaning
drinker
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