"drink-driver" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: EN-AU ck1 drink-driver.ogg [Australia] Forms: drink-drivers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} drink-driver (plural drink-drivers)
  1. (chiefly British and Australia) A person who engages in drink-driving.
    Sense id: en-drink-driver-en-noun-y51tRK0l Categories (other): Australian English, British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 52 48
  2. (chiefly British and Australia, law) A person who operates a motor vehicle when legally intoxicated. Categories (topical): Law, People Translations (person who operates motor vehicle when drunk): spritbilist [common-gender] (Danish), rattijuoppo (Finnish), conducteur ivre [masculine] (French), conductrice ivre [feminine] (French), condutor bebido [masculine] (Galician), condutora bebida [feminine] (Galician), condutor borracho [masculine] (Galician), condutora borracha [feminine] (Galician), condutor ebrio [masculine] (Galician), condutora ebria [feminine] (Galician), betrunkener Autofahrer [masculine] (German), betrunkene Autofahrerin [feminine] (German), ittas vezető (Hungarian), conductor bebido [masculine] (Spanish), conductora bebida [feminine] (Spanish), conductor borracho [masculine] (Spanish), conductora borracha [feminine] (Spanish), conductor ebrio [masculine] (Spanish), conductora ebria [feminine] (Spanish), rattfyllerist [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-drink-driver-en-noun-wdiZwX8- Disambiguation of People: 42 58 Categories (other): Australian English, British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 52 48 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'person who operates motor vehicle when drunk': 36 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: drunk driver [US], drink driver Related terms: drink and drive, drink-driving, drunk driving, DUI, DWI

Inflected forms

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