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Definition of
alcoholic noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
alcoholic
noun
noun
NAmE
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ˌælkəˈhɔlɪk
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NAmE
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ˌælkəˈhɑlɪk
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(
informal
lush
)
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a person who regularly drinks too much alcohol and cannot easily stop drinking, so that it has become an illness
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