Teetotaler \TEE-TOH-tuh-lur\ (noun) - One pledged to entire abstinence from all intoxicating drinks.
"A man who had walked forty miles, in an agony of endurance, to bring wine to a sick person would probably know that a teetotaler would have ordered some other medicine -- for a teetotaler forbids all wine, as the Pacifict forbids all war." -- G.K. Chesterton, 'On War Weariness' Teetotaler is from tee (the letter t, as in total) + total + -er.
Teetotalism is the principle or practice of complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks.
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