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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Alcoholic  \Al`co*hol"ic\,  a.  [Cf.  F.  alcolique.] 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  alcohol,  or  partaking  of  its  qualities; 
  derived  from  or  caused  by  alcohol;  containing  alcohol;  as 
  alcoholic  mixtures;  alcoholic  gastritis;  alcoholic  odor. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Alcoholic  \Al`co*hol"ic\,  n. 
  1.  A  person  given  to  the  use  of  alcoholic  liquors. 
 
  2.  pl  Alcoholic  liquors. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  alcoholic 
  adj  1:  used  of  beverages;  containing  alcohol;  "alcoholic  beverages" 
  [ant:  {nonalcoholic}] 
  2:  addicted  to  alcohol;  "alcoholic  expatriates  in  Paris"-  Carl 
  Van  Doren  [syn:  {alcohol-dependent}] 
  n  :  a  person  who  drinks  alcohol  to  excess  habitually  [syn:  {dipsomaniac}, 
  {boozer},  {lush},  {soaker},  {souse}] 




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