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abstainer|æbˈsteɪnə(r)|
[f. abstain + -er1.]
One who abstains; esp. one who abstains from eating or drinking particular things; in older writers a Nazarite, in modern use an abstainer from alcoholic beverages, a ‘total abstainer.’
1535Coverdale Amos ii. 12 But ye gaue the absteyners wyne and drynke [Wyclif Naȝareys: 1611 Nazarites]. ― Lam. iv. 7 Hir absteyners (or Nazarees) were whyter then y⊇ snowe or mylke. 1683Tryon Way to Health 407 The holy Men and Prophets..were strict Abstainers, and separated themselves from the Uncleannesses, Oppressions and Violencies that the superfluous worldly Belly-Gods do subject themselves unto. 1862Sat. Rev. XIII. 617/2 This observation supplies an answer to some of the usual arguments of the total-abstainers. 1879Black Macleod of Dare xxxvi. 322 If they ever put up an asylum in Mull, it will be a lunatic asylum for incurable abstainers. |