From Middle English drinkere, drynkere, from Old English drincere, from Proto-Germanic *drinkārijaz, equivalent to drink + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Drinker, West Frisian drinker, Dutch drinker, German Low German Drinker, German Trinker, Danish drikker, Swedish drickare, drinkare.
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