drinker

[ dring-ker ]

/ ˈdrɪŋ kər /

a person who drinks.

a person who drinks alcohol habitually or to excess.

Origin of drinker

before 950; Middle English drinkere, Old English drincere. See drink, -er¹

However, after completing their nomination, the drinker then challenges friends to do the same thing.

The Internet’s Deadly ‘Neknomination’ Drinking Game |Tom Sykes |February 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
His daddy was a drinker, not much for raising kids, so Johnny was farmed off to an uncle, Joe France, the toughest rancher around.

The Ballad of Johnny France |Richard Ben Cramer |January 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Janzen was a drinker who avoided church and had chosen not to have kids.

Moving In With Mom, Dad and God |Marisa Meltzer |October 27, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
In high school he had sought to establish himself as a hardened sinner—a drinker and tough citizen.

Gargoyles |Ben Hecht

And they sent Colonel Gession, not so heavy a drinker as Rantzau, a good soldier and an inflexible character.

A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times |Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot
The Senior Surgical Interne was not a drinker, but he was willing to try anything once.

Love Stories |Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and men say, 'He is a great eater and drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners!'

The Children's Bible |Henry A. Sherman
He was no drinker, and he accepted the friendly offering more to attract no comment to himself than because he craved a stimulant.

The Mission of Poubalov |Frederick R. (Frederick Russell) Burton

drinker

/ (ˈdrɪŋkə) /

a person who drinks, esp a person who drinks alcohol habitually

short for drinker moth