as in alcoholic
a person who makes a habit of getting drunk
accused him of being a no-good drunkard who needed professional help for his problem
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Recent Examples of drunkard
These laws also applied to habitual drunkards, the mentally ill and others determined to be dangerous to the public.
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Morgan Marietta,
The Conversation,
15 Jan. 2026
In the 1880s, a New York heiress with an active and unorthodox social life was declared a habitual drunkard, placed under a legal guardianship, and later confined to an asylum.
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The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Oct. 2025
Ben and Anne are written out of the will for being a drunkard and a woman, respectively.
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Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
Also very good are Orville Mendoza as the drunkard actor Selsdon, Matthew Patrick Davis as the production’s nervous jack-of-all-trades Tim and Abby Leigh Huffstetler as incompetent stage manager Poppy.
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Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 July 2025
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Morgan Marietta,
The Conversation,
15 Jan. 2026
In the 1880s, a New York heiress with an active and unorthodox social life was declared a habitual drunkard, placed under a legal guardianship, and later confined to an asylum.
—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Oct. 2025
Ben and Anne are written out of the will for being a drunkard and a woman, respectively.
—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
Also very good are Orville Mendoza as the drunkard actor Selsdon, Matthew Patrick Davis as the production’s nervous jack-of-all-trades Tim and Abby Leigh Huffstetler as incompetent stage manager Poppy.
—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drunkard
Noun
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Sam Sanders grew up in anger; his father, an alcoholic, would come home from work furious, Matt says, beating Sam with his belt.
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The child of alcoholics, Dreesen often referenced his rough-and-tumble upbringing in his comedy sets, telling tales of little Tommy shining shoes in the taverns of the South Side to feed his siblings.
Noun
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For speeders, drunks, reckless drivers and the like.
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The Burgess Park/Blessington Street Basin spin is easy duty really compared to the Finsbury Park/Ranelagh Gardens spin, where I was laid out once like a drunk for a good half hour.
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