boozer

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US /ˈbuzər/ UK /ˈbuːzə/ See IPA manual

noun

Meanings

1

noun
a heavy drinker; British slang for a pub

He spent every evening at the local boozer.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a heavy drinker; british... drunkardtipplersot drinker alcoholic pub tavern

Opposites

teetotaler abstainer

Word family

Related forms boozeboozy

Etymology

From booze + -er. Booze descends from Middle English bousen ('to drink heavily'), from Middle Dutch būsen.

būsen Middle Dutch

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People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives Register & Style

# boozer

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈbuzər
**IPA (UK):** ˈbuːzə

## Meanings
1. a heavy drinker; British slang for a pub

## Examples
- He spent every evening at the local boozer.

## Synonyms
- drunkard
- tippler
- sot
- drinker
- alcoholic
- pub
- tavern

## Antonyms
- teetotaler
- abstainer

## Related Forms
- booze
- boozy

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: būsen

## Etymology
From booze + -er. Booze descends from Middle English bousen ('to drink heavily'), from Middle Dutch būsen.

## AI Etymology
Boozer is from booze + -er. Booze descends from Middle English bousen ('to drink heavily'), from Middle Dutch būsen. Important recorded forms include būsen (Middle Dutch). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers a heavy drinker; British slang for a pub. The wider family includes related words such as booze and boozy.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- Register & Style

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