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bouser

bouser is the obsolete form of boozer.

Meaning of boozer

Noun

boozer (plural boozers)

  1. (colloquial) One who drinks alcohol habitually; a drunkard.
    • “Tess is a fine figure o′ fun, as I said to myself today when I zeed her vamping round parish with the rest,” observed one of the elderly boozers in an undertone.1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, A Pure Woman, Faithfully Presented, published 1963, page 25
    Synonyms:
    drunkard
  2. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, slang) A public house, pub.
    • Zoe’s dad went to the same boozer every day, a flat-roofed pub on the edge of the estate, with the cross of St George hanging above the door and a ferocious-looking Rottweiler tied up outside.2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    pub
  3. (UK, obsolete) A World War II fighter radar detector, fitted to British bombers.
  4. (Africa) A vehicle equipped with tanks for supplying water to remote locations.
    • Mr. Mututho: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister should assure the people of Vihiga that they will get a water boozer because the sick people are not party to this complication. Could he assure the people that he can send a boozer in his capacity even if he cannot supply power or a standby...2010 June 8, Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard), page 2
    Synonyms:
    bowser, tanker

See all 5 meanings of boozer

Synonyms of bouser

Forms of bouser

pluralbousers

Origin of bouser

From bouse + -er.

Questions about bouser

What is bouser the obsolete form of?
Bouser is the obsolete form of boozer.

Words near bouser in the dictionary

  1. Bourton
  2. Bourton-on-the-Water
  3. Bous
  4. bouse
  5. boused
  6. bouser
  7. bousers
  8. bouses
  9. Bousfield
  10. Bousfields
  11. bousillage

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bouser (page history and authors); boozer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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