Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who does not drink alcoholic beverages.
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- noun One who does not
drink alcohol ; ateetotaler
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- noun a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages
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Examples
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Villa -- a nondrinker despite his freewheeling sexual exploits -- called Huerta el borrachito ( "the little drunkard") while Huerta caustically referred to Villa as "the honorary general."
The Mexican Revolution: a nation in flux - part 1 (1910-20) 2008
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It was a question only a nondrinker could have raised.
LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010
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Villa -- a nondrinker despite his freewheeling sexual exploits -- called Huerta el borrachito ( "the little drunkard") while Huerta caustically referred to Villa as "the honorary general."
The Mexican Revolution: a nation in flux - part 1 (1910-20) 2008
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Villa -- a nondrinker despite his freewheeling sexual exploits -- called Huerta el borrachito ( "the little drunkard") while Huerta caustically referred to Villa as "the honorary general."
The Mexican Revolution: a nation in flux - part 1 (1910-20) 2008
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It was a question only a nondrinker could have raised.
LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010
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An “adamant nondrinker,” he hated Chinese cuisine and, on being invited to a presidential banquet, took along a loaf of bread to eat.
The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009
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If they happen to a nondrinker, you have to at least assume they're going to start out thinking the absolute worst about you.
ana-ng Diary Entry ana-ng 2009
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She explains: For the first time ever, I think, I was really honest about who I actually was and what I wanted: bookish, professional, a nondrinker.
First Comes Marriage Reva Seth 2008
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It was a must that he be a nondrinker, a nonsmoker, and a complete vegetarian.
First Comes Marriage Reva Seth 2008
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The Utah liquor commission's chairman, a nondrinker named Sam Granato, said the commission is responding to a demographic shift.
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