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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TO'PER, n. One who drinks to excess; a drunkard; a sot.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess) [syn: drinker, imbiber, toper, juicer] [ant: abstainer, abstinent, nondrinker]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1661 one that topes; especially drunkard

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Toper To"per (t[=o]"p[~e]r), n. One who topes, or drinks frequently or to excess; a drunkard; a sot.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tope Tope, n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) A small shark or dogfish (Galeorhinus, or Galeus, galeus), native of Europe, but found also on the coasts of California and Tasmania; -- called also toper, oil shark, miller's dog, and penny dog. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The wren. [Prov. Eng.]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Tippler, drunkard, sot, dram-drinker, wine-bibber, toss-pot, hard drinker.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

One that loves his bottle, a soaker. SEE SOAK.