A person who drinks habitually or frequently; a drinker.
From 'bib' (to drink) + agent suffix '-er'. An older English word for someone who enjoys beverages.
This word mostly disappeared from everyday English, replaced by 'drinker,' but it survives in historical texts and shows how English constantly recycles word parts to name new things.
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