social drinker

noun

: a person who only drinks alcohol at parties and other social occasions

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Chaker, then just a social drinker, took the advice, and became addicted to alcohol after the birth of her second daughter. — Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025 The Queen Mother was known to be a heavy social drinker, and a lack of knowledge about the condition at the time would have meant she would not have been warned about drinking during pregnancy. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 2 Aug. 2025 The Queen Mother was known to be a heavy social drinker, and fetal alcohol syndrome was not identified until 1973, creating conjecture that she would not have been advised against drinking while pregnant. — Janine Henni, People.com, 30 July 2025 Khalid did admit to smoking marijuana and being a social drinker. — Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 26 Nov. 2024 Surely these parents don’t imagine that their son will enter the binge-drinking atmosphere of the typical college campus limiting his own excess due to the sophistication he’s acquired by being a social drinker at home. — Amy Dickinson, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Sep. 2023

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“Social drinker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/social%20drinker. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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