drinker

 
Pronunciation: /ˈdrɪŋkə/

noun

  • 1a person who drinks a particular drink: coffee drinkers
  • a person who drinks alcohol, especially to excess: a heavy drinker
  • 2 (also drinker moth) a large brownish European moth, the caterpillar of which bears irritant hairs and is noted for drinking dew.
    • Euthrix potatoria, family Lasiocampidae
  • 3a container from which an animal can drink.