Definition of "narcotist" []

• One who habitually uses narcotics. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The narcotist keeps chloroform or chloral always at hand, forgetful or ignorant that one sure effect of the first dose is to produce a semistupor more dangerous than actual somnolence."
• "The demoralization of the narcotist is not, like that of the drunkard, rapid, violent, and palpable; but gradual, insidious, perceptible at first only to close observers and intimate friends."