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buveur

drinker

noun boo-VUR Rare
Food & Drink

Usage Note

Buveur means a person who drinks, most often implying a heavy or habitual drinker: un grand buveur is 'a heavy drinker'. It can also simply mean a consumer of a beverage (un buveur de café — a coffee drinker). Feminine: buveuse. The verb is boire (to drink).

Examples

"C'est un grand buveur de bière."

Natural Translation

He is a heavy beer drinker.

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