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tetotaler

tetotaler is the archaic form of teetotaler.

Meaning of teetotaler

Noun

teetotaler (plural teetotalers)

  1. (US) A person who completely abstains from alcoholic beverages.
    • [Richard] Nixon was becoming erratic and drinking too much, so [James] Schlesinger told the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff that any “unusual” orders from Nixon should be routed over to him. […] [Donald] Trump is famously a teetotaler, but he has publicly surpassed Nixon’s anguish and...2025 November 21, Tom Nichols, “The President Is Losing Control of Himself”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 22 Nov 2025

Forms of tetotaler

pluraltetotalers

Questions about tetotaler

What is tetotaler the archaic form of?
Tetotaler is the archaic form of teetotaler.

Words near tetotaler in the dictionary

  1. Teton Range
  2. Teton Village
  3. Tetons
  4. Tetoora Road
  5. tetotal
  6. tetotaler
  7. tetotalers
  8. tetotum
  9. tetotums
  10. Tetouan
  11. Tetovo

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