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But there's certainly only one thing I could never agree with George Galloway on. He's a teetotaller and wants to close all the bars in the House of Commons. That is just not on.
Nigel Farage

Meaning of "teetotaller" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TEETOTALLER

teetotaller  [tiːˈtəʊtələ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TEETOTALLER

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verb
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conjunction
determiner
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Teetotaller is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TEETOTALLER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

teetotaller

Teetotalism

Teetotalism refers to either the practice of, or the promotion of, complete personal abstinence from alcoholic beverages. A person who practices teetotalism is called a teetotaler or is simply said to be teetotal. The teetotalism movement was first started in Preston, England in the early 19th century. The Preston Temperance Society was founded by 1833 by Joseph Livesey, who was to become a leader of the temperance movement and the author of The Pledge: "We agree to abstain from all liquors of an intoxicating quality whether ale, porter, wine or ardent spirits, except as medicine." Some common reasons for choosing teetotalism are psychological, religious, health, medical, familial, philosophical and social, or sometimes it is simply a matter of taste or preference. When at drinking establishments, teetotalers either abstain from drinking completely, or consume non-alcoholic beverages such as soft drinks, tea, coffee and mocktails. Contemporary and colloquial usage has somewhat expanded teetotalism to include strict abstinence from most recreational intoxicants.

Definition of teetotaller in the English dictionary

The definition of teetotaller in the dictionary is a person who abstains from alcoholic drink.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TEETOTALLER


batteler
ˈbætələ
belittler
bɪˈlɪtələ
bottler
ˈbɒtələ
chortler
ˈtʃɔːtələ
dataller
ˈdeɪtələ
dismantler
dɪsˈmæntələ
footler
ˈfuːtələ
guttler
ˈɡʌtələ
hospitaler
ˈhɒspɪtələ
hospitaller
ˈhɒspɪtələ
hosteler
ˈhɒstələ
hosteller
ˈhɒstələ
prattler
ˈprætələ
rentaller
ˈrɛntələ
startler
ˈstɑːtələ
throttler
ˈθrɒtələ
titler
ˈtaɪtələ
victualer
ˈvɪtələ
victualler
ˈvɪtələ
whittler
ˈwɪtələ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TEETOTALLER

teepee
teer
Tees
Teesside
teeter
teeter totter
teeterboard
teeth
teethe
teether
teething
teething problems
teething ring
teething troubles
teethridge
teetotal
teetotalism
teetotalist
teetotally
teetotum

WORDS THAT END LIKE TEETOTALLER

baller
baseballer
bookseller
caballer
caller
dialler
faller
footballer
Haller
handballer
installer
knuckleballer
laisser aller
laissez aller
marshaller
melon baller
nuisance caller
pis aller
recaller
signaller
Waller

Synonyms and antonyms of teetotaller in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «TEETOTALLER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «teetotaller» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of teetotaller

Translation of «teetotaller» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TEETOTALLER

Find out the translation of teetotaller to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of teetotaller from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «teetotaller» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

滴酒不沾
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

abstemio
570 millions of speakers

English

teetotaller
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जो नशे में हो
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الممتنع عن المكسرات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

трезвенник
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

abstêmio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আসবপান সংপূর্ণরুপে পরিহারকারী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

personne qui ne boit jamais d´alcool
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Teetotaler
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Abstinenzler
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

禁酒家
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

절대 금 주자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Teetotaler
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người không uống rượu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மது வகைகளை ஒதுக்கி வைப்பவர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मादक पेय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yeşilaycı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

astemio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

abstynent
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

непитущий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

abstinent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

teetotaler
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geheelonthouer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

teetotaller
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

avholdsmann
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of teetotaller

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TEETOTALLER»

The term «teetotaller» is normally little used and occupies the 124.582 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TEETOTALLER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about teetotaller

EXAMPLES

QUOTES WITH «TEETOTALLER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word teetotaller.
1
Nigel Farage
But there's certainly only one thing I could never agree with George Galloway on. He's a teetotaller and wants to close all the bars in the House of Commons. That is just not on.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TEETOTALLER»

Discover the use of teetotaller in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to teetotaller and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Queen's Bench Examined Upon the Principles of Alkohol ...
ALKOHOL TEETOTALLER. The QUEENS BENCH EXAM'INED by the House 0/ Common; Prison Report, with a view to Prison Temperance Moral Reform, addressed to Thomas Chapman, Esq, Marshal of the Queen's Bench, by a late Prisoner ...
George Charles SMITH, 1841
2
Conscience and Its Problems: An Introduction to Casuistry
It is easier and more natural to say ' No teetotaller may ever drink port ' than to say ' It is the duty of every teetotaller to avoid drinking port ' — but the latter sentence (which is the form upon which the strict moralist, who would have us express ...
Kenneth E. Kirk, 1999
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Sketch of the Lives ... of C. S. Stratton ... and his wife, etc
I'll sing you a new temperance song, made by a temperance pate, Of a real staunch teetotaller who had a 00d estate; Who ke t up his neat mansion at a. goo tectotal rate, With a 'ttle nice teetotal wife, to render sweet the state Of this staunch  ...
Charles Sherwood STRATTON, 1865
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Report of the Proceedings
They had "Teetotal Methodists" written over the door of the chapel ; and before they would allow him to open his mouth in the sermon, they said — "Are you a teetotaller?" There was no answer. "Are you a teetotaller?" Still no answer.
Church congress, 1871
5
The Good Intent Temperance Reciter and Melodist ... Second ...
THE STAUNCH Who counts strong drink a mighty curse, A foe to body, soul, and purse, \Vhy he who'll not the monster nurse— Tne staunch teetotaller. Who spurns all kinds of frothy foam At work, at play, abroad, at home, Who livcth not for self ...
Reuben CHANDLER, 1868
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Charles Dickens
The teetotaller who stands outside it may have perfectly clear ethical reasons of his own, as a man may have who stands outside education or nationality, who refuses to go to a university or to serve in an army. But he is neglecting one of the  ...
Gilbert Keith Chesterton, 2007
7
Write Better, Speak Better
When you become ill, you are taken ill. take care see under prepositions of teetotaller He is a complete teetotaller. X He is a teetotaller. • A teetotaller is an abstainer from alcohol. The word is a freak formation. When someone stammered out ...
Joseph Madappally, 2004
8
The Museum of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art
This latter and most desirable stale of things the Teetotaller's Society was eminently calculated to achieve. After this great moral change, no employer will inquire of what creed the man is whom he is about to engage; no landlord, who may be ...
Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith, 1840
9
The Fiddlin' Workshop
The Teetotaller's Reel and Temperance Reel are two different versions of the same tune which is also known as Kingsport or The Devil in Georgia. The two different versions can represent the contrast in styles of fiddling. The Teetotaller's Reel ...
Jeanine Rabe Orme, 2011
10
Generality and Exception: A Study in the Semantics of Exceptives
For example, the sentence (180) Every Salvationist except Jones is a teetotaller. does not entail the sweeping claim about Salvationists given in (181), (181) Salvationist' C teetotaller' but a qualified version of that claim, according to which  ...
Iván García Álvarez, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TEETOTALLER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term teetotaller is used in the context of the following news items.
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Rise of the young teetotaller sees under-25s lose reputation for …
Among 16 to 24-year-olds, the proportion of teetotallers rose by over 40 per cent between 2005 and 2013. Some 27 per cent of young people do not drink at all, ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
2
'Alcohol Is The Ultimate Frenemy' Confession Of A 20s Teetotaller
The Debrief: New stats show over a quarter of under 25s now don't drink booze, so why are we still so prejudice towards anyone who says they don't want to ... «The Debrief, Apr 15»
3
I was a teenage teetotaller … and boy was I boring
And as a former teetotaller, it's an intoxicating tale. ... It's also worth remembering that young teetotallers remain vastly outnumbered by young drinkers, and that ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
4
Teetotaller numbers rise in UK with one in five adults not drinking
One in three adults in London said they did not drink alcohol at all. Shadow health minister Diane Abbott said this was because 40% of England's Muslims live in ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
5
The Teetotaller's Playlist
It's before 5pm somewhere: why drink a cocktail when you can enjoy a nice, cold mock-tail? In this musical game for the under-21 set, famous songs about ... «NPR, Feb 15»
6
Alcohol curbs? Be a teetotaller
And it doesn't matter if I'm nowhere near Geylang or Little India. Yes, I'm allergic to alcohol, but even if I weren't, I would still be a teetotaller. I just never acquired ... «AsiaOne, Jan 15»
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Teetotaller Bhuvneshwar Kumar's father upset over champagne …
“My son is a teetotaller and don't know what he would do with this bottle. Bhuvi does not smoke, or even touches a glass of wine. I don't think this practice of ... «Daily Bhaskar, Aug 14»
8
The teetotaller's hospital: Removing drink from Victorian medicine
The teetotaller's hospital: Removing drink from Victorian medicine. 30 July 2014 Last updated at 00:22 BST. For hundreds of years alcohol was widely used in ... «BBC News, Jul 14»
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Vegan/Teetotaller Warning: Some Long-Life Juices Contain Beef …
Most people realise that long-life juice contains extra ingredients that nature never intended. As it turns out, this includes traces of meat and alcohol. No really. «Lifehacker Australia, Jul 14»
10
Harry Styles not a happy teetotaller? Louis Tomlinson gropes Niall …
However, as we reported earlier, not only has Harry sworn off nookie, he's off the booze too, but in the image above, which his band mate Niall posted to ... «Unreality TV, Jun 14»

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