"abstainer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /æbˈsteɪ.nɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-abstainer.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-abstainer.wav Forms: abstainers [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪnə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English absteyner, equivalent to abstain + -er. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|absteyner}} Middle English absteyner, {{af|en|abstain|-er|id2=agent noun}} abstain + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} abstainer (plural abstainers)
  1. Agent noun of abstain; one who abstains; especially, one who abstains from something, such as the use of alcohol or drugs, or one who abstains for religious reasons; one who practices self-denial. Tags: agent, form-of Form of: abstain (extra: one who abstains; especially, one who abstains from something, such as the use of alcohol or drugs, or one who abstains for religious reasons; one who practices self-denial) Synonyms: Nazarite, teetotaler Derived forms: nonabstainer Translations (one who abstains): въздържател (vǎzdǎržatel) (Bulgarian), onthouder [masculine] (Dutch), апстине́нт (apstinént) [masculine] (Macedonian), тре́звеник (trézvenik) [masculine] (Macedonian), wainamu (Maori), avholdsmann [common-gender] (Norwegian), abstynent [masculine] (Polish), abstynentka [feminine] (Polish), apstinent [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), апстинент [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), trezvènjāk [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), abstemio [masculine] (Spanish), asket [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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