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abstainer
abstainer (æbˈsteɪnə(r)) [f. abstain + -er1.] One who abstains; esp. one who abstains from eating or drinking particular things; in older writers a Nazarite, in modern use an abstainer from alcoholic beverages, a ‘total abstainer.’1535 Coverdale Amos ii. 12 But ye gaue the absteyners wyne and drynke...
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abstainer
abstainern person who abstains 戒酒者; (投票)弃权者 a total abstainer, ie one who never takes alcoholic drinks 绝对戒酒的人.
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Alfred Gould (surgeon)
Personal life
He was a practising Baptist and total abstainer from alcohol. He married twice and had three sons and five daughters.
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Ian McGuire
2006 Incredible Bodies, Bloomsbury Publishing
2016 The North Water, Simon & Schuster (UK)/Scribner (UK), and Henry Holt and Company (USA)
2020 The Abstainer
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moderationist
moderationist (mɒdəɪˈeɪʃənɪst) [f. moderation + -ist.] An advocate of moderation; spec., one who supports the views of the ‘moderate drinker’ as opposed to the total abstainer.1846 G. M{supc}Culloch Sobriety contrasted w. Intemp. 131 From the last resting place of every Moderationist arises a Voice....
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Peverell
development at the turn of the twentieth century stipulated that no licensed premises (pubs), should be built on the land, as the seller was a strict abstainer
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saturnic
saturnic, a. (səˈtɜːnɪk) [f. Saturn + -ic.] Affected with lead-poisoning.1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. IX. 206 One patient was a total abstainer. Two took 1½ pint of beer (both saturnic). Three took 2 pints of beer (one was gouty and saturnic).
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John H. Harmon
However, he later "conquered [his] habit" and became a total abstainer, a "silent but eloquent example of a permanently reformed man." John H.
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David Evelyn Nye
He was a committed Christian, abstainer and vegetarian.
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hydropot
hydropot (ˈhaɪdrəʊpɒt) [ad. mod.L. hydropota, ad. Gr. ὑδροπότης water-drinker: in mod.F. hydropote.] A water-drinker; an abstainer from alcoholic drinks.[1727–41 Chambers Cycl., Hydropota, in medicine, a person who drinks nothing but water.] 1727 Bailey Vol. II, Hydropote, a Water-Drinker. 1885 Pall...
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Stephen Collins (politician)
Temperance activities
Collins was a member of the Congregationalist Church and a life-long abstainer from alcohol.
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thirstless
thirstless, a. (ˈθɜːstlɪs) [f. thirst n. + -less.] Having no thirst; not thirsty.1591 Sylvester Du Bartas i. vii. 648 Th' officious Kids..sip (self thirst-less) of the River's brink, Which in their mouthes they bring them [their Parents old] home to drink. 1856 Dobell Lyrics in War Time, Home Wounde...
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William Owen
businessman, and politician from Virginia
William Owen (Australian politician) (1815–1869), businessman and politician in South Australia, prominent Total Abstainer
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Evan Evans (minister)
He commenced preaching with the Calvinistic Methodists in 1825; became a total abstainer in 1830, and met with much persecution for his advocacy of temperance
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John Vine Hall
He became a total abstainer from 1818 and an advocate of teetotalism, and visited prisoners in the county gaol.
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