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Meanings of abstainer in English

Catalan
abstinent

A person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages.

      abstinent
      Portuguese
      asceta
      Catalan
      asceta

      Someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline.

            asceta
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            Examples for "ascetic"
            Examples for "ascetic"
            1
            A fearful rate of labor; a strange, grave, quaint, ascetic, rigorous life.
            The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 / A Mag...
            2
            The puissant ascetic, passed the middle portion of the night in sleep.
            The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
            3
            The baron would have embraced his brother; but the gloomy ascetic forbade.
            Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1
            4
            The puissant ascetic resembled the Moon himself in his behaviour to all.
            The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 / Books 13...
            5
            A few weeks ago the ascetic in Iglesias might have taken alarm.
            The Far Horizon

            One who abstains; especially, one who abstains from the use of alcoholic drinks.

                  Usage of abstainer in English
                  1
                  Again we had the bottle between us, but Reverdy was an abstainer.
                  Children of the Market Place
                  2
                  My experience, since I became a total abstainer, has been the opposite.
                  Study and Stimulants / Or, the Use of Intoxicants and Narcotics ...
                  3
                  Still, the Judge, though he hated noisy revellers, was no total abstainer.
                  Customs and Fashions in Old New England
                  4
                  The sight of the ribbon induces the curious to offer the abstainer drink.
                  The Vultures
                  5
                  The Sikh drinks what he will; the Pathan is an abstainer.
                  The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier Wa...
                  6
                  Total abstinence resembles this preventive; no total abstainer is in danger of alcoholism.
                  In His Image
                  7
                  Being an abstainer, I asked leave to retire with the ladies.
                  The Weapons of Mystery
                  8
                  At a time when drinking was almost universal, he was a total abstainer.
                  The Life of Abraham Lincoln
                  9
                  He asked the warden-butthe warden was a total abstainer.
                  Sally Bishop: A Romance
                  10
                  It is no credit to me for being an abstainer.
                  Study and Stimulants / Or, the Use of Intoxicants and Narcotics ...
                  11
                  I had hoped to hear that you were an abstainer-
                  The Lodger
                  12
                  Mr Todhunter, as has been remarked, is a quiet thrifty gentleman, essentially an abstainer.
                  The Wisdom of Father Brown
                  13
                  His father, though not a total abstainer, had lived and died a temperate man.
                  Stephen Grattan's Faith: A Canadian Story
                  14
                  He passed quite fifteen years in Washington, a total abstainer from the use of intoxicants.
                  Marse Henry (Volume 1) / An Autobiography
                  15
                  And William died in the belief that he also became a "total abstainer."
                  A Circuit Rider's Wife
                  16
                  The New York Sun says: Every successful man in Wall Street is a total abstainer.
                  Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into...
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                  Portuguese
                  asceta
                  Abstainer through the time
                  Abstainer across language varieties
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