Definitions for abstainer

abstainer ab·stain·er

Spelling: [ab-stey-ner]
IPA: /æbˈsteɪ nər/

Abstainer is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 749 anagrams from letters in abstainer (aabeinrst).

Definitions for abstainer

noun

  1. a person who abstains from something regarded as improper or unhealthy, especially the drinking of alcoholic beverages.
  2. a person who abstains from anything.

Origin of abstainer

First recorded in 1525-35; abstain + -er1

Examples for abstainer

The French abstainer makes less fuss; the French drinker gives less offence.

He has taken ale or porter at times, "under doctor's counsel," but in general he has been an "abstainer."

"All right," said the major, regarding an abstainer with disfavour.

And is not total abstinence the only safe side for the abstainer himself?

The brandy I did not touch, for I have been an abstainer from my birth.

The abstainer, like the Nazirite, is his own witness, his own judge.

The bishop asked me the other day whether I was an abstainer.

You have always, then, been an abstainer since you came to the colony?

The master then, being an abstainer, should also give some care to his diet.

Again we had the bottle between us, but Reverdy was an abstainer.

Word Value for abstainer
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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