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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline [syn: abstainer, ascetic]
2: a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages [syn: abstainer, abstinent, nondrinker] [ant: drinker, imbiber, juicer, toper]

Merriam Webster's

noun see abstain

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Abstainer Ab*stain"er, n. One who abstains; esp., one who abstains from the use of intoxicating liquors.

Moby Thesaurus

Albigensian, Apostolici, Catharist, Encratite, Franciscan, Pythagorean, Pythagorist, Rechabite, Sabbatarian, Shaker, Trappist, Waldensian, abstinent, anchorite, ascetic, banian, bhikshu, dervish, fakir, flagellant, fruitarian, gymnosophist, hermit, hydropot, mendicant, nephalist, puritan, sannyasi, teetotaler, teetotalist, vegetarian, water-drinker, yogi, yogin