drunkard Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a chronic drinker
    drunk; inebriate; sot; wino; rummy.

WordNet

Drunk"ard noun
Etymology
Drunk + -ard.
Definitions
  1. One who habitually drinks strong liquors immoderately; one whose habit it is to get drunk; a toper; a sot.
    The drunkard and glutton shall come to poverty. Prov. xxiii. 21.

Webster 1913