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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Abstainer \Ab*stain"er\, n. One who abstains; esp., one who abstains from the use of intoxicating liquors. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: abstainer n 1: practices self denial as spiritual discipline [syn: {ascetic}] 2: refrains from intoxicating beverages [syn: {abstinent}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: ABSTAINER, n. A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others Said a man to a crapulent youth: "I thought You a total abstainer, my son." "So I am so I am," said the scrapgrace caught -- "But not sir, a bigoted one." G.J.
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