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A person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages
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abstinent
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Word definitions for abstinent in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Abstinent \Ab"sti*nent\, n. One who abstains. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3d century.
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Word definitions in WordNet
adj. self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink; "not totally abstinent but abstemious" [syn: abstentious ] n. a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages [syn: abstainer , nondrinker ] [ant: drinker ]
Usage examples of abstinent.
We had discovered each other, Brody and I, making love anywhere and everywhere as though we had been abstinent for years.
They took away his Florsheims after 24 abstinent hours had passed and he started to perhaps D.