Boozer
name, noun, slang ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 One who drinks alcohol habitually; a drunkard. colloquial
"“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."
- 2 a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually wordnet
- 3 A public house, pub. Australia, New-Zealand, UK, slang
"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."
- 4 A World War II fighter radar detector, fitted to British bombers. UK, obsolete
- 5 A vehicle equipped with tanks for supplying water to remote locations. Africa
"2010 June 8, Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard), page 2, Mr. Mututho: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister should assure the people of Vihiga that they will get a water boozer because the sick people are not party to this complication. Could he assure the people that he can send a boozer in his capacity even if he cannot supply power or a standby generator, so that they can have a small well?"
- 1 A surname.
Example
More examples"It's better to be a well-known boozer than an anonymous alcoholic."
Etymology
From booze + -er (agent noun suffix) or (pub) + -er (relational noun suffix).
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.