Boozer

Quick meaning: Boozer is a noun meaning (colloquial) One who drinks alcohol habitually; a drunkard.

Meaning

(colloquial) One who drinks alcohol habitually; a drunkard.

More Meanings

1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, slang) A public house, pub.
2. (UK, military, obsolete) A World War II fighter radar detector, fitted to British bombers.
3. (Africa) A vehicle equipped with tanks for supplying water to remote locations.

Example Sentences

"You were actually taking that old boozer seriously."

“Tess is a fine figure o′ fun, as I said to myself today when I zeed her vamping round parish with the rest,” observed one of the elderly boozers in an undertone.

But they have only one insurance rate for ordinary men — drinkers and non-drinkers, and they compel the man who doesn′t booze to make up for the extra amount that the boozer should pay.

Zoe’s dad went to the same boozer every day, a flat-roofed pub on the edge of the estate, with the cross of St George hanging above the door and a ferocious-looking Rottweiler tied up outside.

Word Forms

• boozers

Synonyms for boozer

Depending on context, synonyms include drunkard, pub, bowser, tanker, lush, souse.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include alcoholic, dipsomaniac, souse, soaker, lush, drunk.

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