drinker
n. countablen. a person who drinks a specific type of liquid, or someone who often drinks alcohol.
n. a person who consumes a specified beverage or who habitually consumes alcoholic beverages.
He is a heavy coffee drinker.
The study compared the health habits of a regular tea drinker with those of someone who only drinks water.
While the casual drinker might only visit the pub on weekends, the social culture of the village often revolves around those who gather there every evening.
From Middle English drinkere, drynkere, from Old English drincere (“drinker”), from Proto-Germanic *drinkārijaz (“drinker”), equivalent to drink + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Drinker (“drinker”), West Frisian drinker (“drinker”), Dutch drinker (“drinker”), German Low German Drinker (“drinker”), German Trinker (“drinker”), Danish drikker (“drinker”), Swedish drickare, drinkare (“drinker”).
Often preceded by an adjective like 'heavy', 'moderate', or 'social' to describe habits.