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Definition of Abstainer
1. Noun. Someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline.
Generic synonyms: Religious Person
Specialized synonyms: Puritan, Stylite
Derivative terms: Abstain, Ascetic, Ascetic, Ascetical, Ascetical
2. Noun. A person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages.
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Specialized synonyms: Teetotaler, Teetotalist, Teetotaller
Derivative terms: Abstain, Abstain, Abstinent
Antonyms: Drinker
Definition of Abstainer
1. n. One who abstains; esp., one who abstains from the use of intoxicating liquors.
Definition of Abstainer
1. Noun. Agent noun of abstain; one who abstains; especially, one who abstains from something they enjoy, such as the use of intoxicating liquors; one who practices self-denial. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Abstainer
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abstainer
Literary usage of Abstainer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Talks on Temperance by Frederic William Farrar (1879)
"CANON FARRAR, in taking the chair to preside for Dr. BW Richardson, at one of
his lectures, referring to his own experience as a total abstainer, ..."
2. The Year Book of the United States Brewers' Association by United States Brewers' Association (1914)
"I imagine the mortality of the total abstainer in the Presbyterian ... We divide
them into the Total abstainer, Rarely Use, Temperate, and Moderate. ..."
3. Strategy for Defeat: The Luftwaffe, 1933-1945by Williamson Murray by Williamson Murray (1983)
"... DISCLAIMER-abstainer The views expressed do not necessarily reflect any formal
position by the Airpower Research Institute, the Air University, ..."
4. The Methodist Review (1882)
"... A TOTAL abstainer. [FOURTH ARTICLE.] 3. Third Specification: Jesus USED
intoxicating wine, and COMMANDED IT TO BE USED until the end of time. ..."
5. The Lincoln Legion: The Story of Its Founder and Forerunners by Louis Albert Banks (1903)
"... LINCOLN AS A TOTAL abstainer A BRAHAM LINCOLN was a child of -*--*- the
backwoods, when the frontiers of civilization were in Indiana and Illinois. ..."
6. Life of Emery A. Storrs: His Wit and Eloquence, as Shown in a Notable by Isaac E. Adams (1886)
"STORRS BECOMES AN abstainer AND AN APOSTLE—WHAT THE " TIMES" THOUGHT OF HIS
CONVERSION—TWO TEMPERANCE SPEECHES—CORRESPONDENCE ON PROHIBITION —HE BECOMES ONE ..."
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