n. One with a morbid paroxysmal craving for alcohol; an alcoholic.
n. A persistently drunken person; a drunkard.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. One who has an irrepressible desire for alcoholic drinks.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One who suffers from an irresistible and insatiable craving for intoxicants.
Of or pertaining to dipsomania.
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n. a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
Word Usage
"A self-indulgent rather unsocial habit-forming man may very easily become what is called a dipsomaniac, no doubt, but that is not the same thing as an inherited specific craving."