sot

noun \ ˈsät \

Updated on: 13 Apr 2018

Definition of sot

: a habitual drunkard

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Examples of sot in a Sentence

a sot who was arrested after a bar fight

Recent Examples of sot from the Web

In her telling, the Medici history is populated not by high-minded art patrons but by drunken sots and savage adventurers, essentially a crime syndicate, intent on amassing wealth and power without limit and without scruple.

— steve donoghue, The Christian Science Monitor, "'The Family Medici' vividly and clearly tells the story of one clan's merciless self-aggrandizement," 28 Mar. 2018
There's the company sot, Fielding (Anthony Chisholm, with a voice from the bottom of a bottle), who turns out to have been a coveted tailor for Billy Eckstine and Count Basie.

— ben brantley, New York Times, "Review: August Wilson's 'Jitney' Magnifies Marginalized Souls," 19 Jan. 2017
This social network will help these poor sots overcome their addiction, working on the same principle as nicotine gum, methadone and arena football.

— loresjoberg, WIRED, "Alt Text: 6 Steaming-Hot New Social Networking Ideas," 7 May 2012

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