In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
IMBIBER
drinker, imbiber, toper, juicer
(noun) a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
imbiber (plural imbibers)
one who imbibes, who drinks, especially alcoholic beverages.
Source: Wiktionary
Im*bib"er, n.
Definition: One who, or that which, imbibes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DISPERSION
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
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