compotator

compotator
compotatory /keuhm poh"teuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/, adj.
/kom"peuh tay'teuhr/, n.
a person who drinks or tipples with another.
[1725-35; < LL; see COMPOTATION, -TOR]

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