Noun: drunkard drúng-ku(r)d
- A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
"The drunkard was a regular at the local bar";
- alcoholic, alky [informal], dipsomaniac, boozer [informal], lush [N. Amer, informal], soaker [informal], souse [informal], alco [Austral], rumpot [N. Amer, informal], tosspot [informal], dipso [informal], winebibber [archaic], alkie [informal], drunk, rummy, sot, inebriate, wino [informal]
Derived forms: drunkards
Type of: drinker, imbiber [informal], juicer [N. Amer, informal], soak [informal], sponge [informal], toper [literary]
Encyclopedia: Drunkard, The