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or teetotaller
as in abstainer
a person who abstains from alcoholic beverages
in a quandary about what to serve for the wedding toast since his future in-laws are teetotalers
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After my dad, Frank Wilson, moved away from his career as one of the original Motown hitmakers, writing and producing some of the greatest Motown songs of all time, to become a minister, my parents became teetotalers.
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Fawn Weaver, TIME, 3 July 2024
There was music and a dry reception in the church basement, my grandfather being a teetotaler.
—Minrose Gwin, New York Times, 18 May 2024
Always prepared, Schrader brought his own bottle of wine and corkscrew to a table of teetotalers.
—Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 9 May 2024
These leaders were adherents of Catharism—a form of Christianity practiced by vegetarian teetotaler adherents who rejected churches and crucifixes.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
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Fawn Weaver, TIME, 3 July 2024
There was music and a dry reception in the church basement, my grandfather being a teetotaler.
—Minrose Gwin, New York Times, 18 May 2024
Always prepared, Schrader brought his own bottle of wine and corkscrew to a table of teetotalers.
—Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 9 May 2024
These leaders were adherents of Catharism—a form of Christianity practiced by vegetarian teetotaler adherents who rejected churches and crucifixes.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
See all Example Sentences for teetotaler
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“Teetotaler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teetotaler. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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