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teetotaller

Syllables: tee·to·tal·ler/tiːˈtəʊtələUS/ˈtitoʊtəlɚ/

teetotaller noun: british standard spelling of teetotaler.

Noun

teetotaller (plural teetotallers)

  1. British standard spelling of teetotaler.
    • The six drivers foregathered and the rather surprising discovery was made that five out of the six were teetotallers.1941 January, David L. Smith, “Still More G. & S.W. Nights' Entertainment”, in Railway Magazine, page 16

teetotaller meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

teetotaller in Tamil

மதுவை அறவே விலக்கியவர்

teetotaller in Malayalam

മദ്യം പൂർണ്ണമായി വർജ്ജിക്കുന്നവൻ

teetotaller in Kannada

ಮದ್ಯಪರಿತ್ಯಾಗಿ, ಮದ್ಯಪಾನ ಮಾಡದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

Forms of teetotaller

pluralteetotallers
alternative USteetotaler

Origin of teetotaller

From teetotal + -er.

Questions about teetotaller

What does teetotaller mean?
Teetotaller means british standard spelling of teetotaler.
What is teetotaller in Tamil?
Teetotaller in Tamil is மதுவை அறவே விலக்கியவர். See Teetotaller meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is teetotaller?
Teetotaller is a noun.
How do you pronounce teetotaller?
Teetotaller is pronounced /ˈtitoʊtəlɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of teetotaller?
The plural of teetotaller is teetotallers.

Words near teetotaller in the dictionary

  1. teetotalism
  2. teetotalist
  3. teetotalistic
  4. teetotalists
  5. teetotalled
  6. teetotaller
  7. teetotallers
  8. teetotalling
  9. teetotally
  10. teetotals
  11. teetotum

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Adapted from Wiktionary: teetotaller (page history and authors); teetotaller (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); teetotaller (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); teetotaller (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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