Definition of "teetotaller" [teetotaller]

• A person who completely abstains from alcoholic beverages. (noun)

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• "Yes, laugh as ye will, ye lovers of gin and beer and whisky, one who has tried it, and has seen it tried by hundreds of stout stalwart men, tells you that the teetotaller is the best man for real hard work."
• "Everybody saw that he declined the honour when proposed, which I don't know that I ever saw a gentleman do at a commercial table till this day, barring that he was a teetotaller, which is gammon too."
• "Bush - famed for being an alleged "teetotaller" now and an unrestrained alcoholic for some 40 years - "was seen sipping beer, but his advisers insisted it was non-alcoholic.""