ale drinker
- noun
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bebedor de cerveza
- As an ale drinker, she often participates in local beer festivals to taste new brews.
Examples
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At the pub, he proudly introduced himself as an ale drinker who enjoys sampling craft beers.
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stories or he, he was, he was quite the ale drinker from, you know, being from Bradford, England.
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He is known among his friends as an ale drinker who prefers ales over other types of beer.
Synonyms
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1.8
A person who often drinks alcohol
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1.0
A person who often drinks beer
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8.3
A person who often drinks alcohol like wine or beer
How Often
2
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'ale' (a type of beer) combined with 'drinker' (someone who drinks) yields a person who drinks ale. This noun-noun combination follows common, cross-linguistic patterns (e.g., 'beer drinker'), so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Ale drinker comes from a simple image: someone who often drinks ale and is a regular at the pub, so the two words name that person. That's why it means 'a person who habitually drinks or prefers ale or beer'.