Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Alcoholic

Alcoholic (al`ko*hol"ik) , adjective

[Compare French alcolique.]

Of or pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its qualities; derived from, or caused by, alcohol; containing alcohol; as, alcoholic mixtures; alcoholic gastritis; alcoholic odor.

Alcoholic , noun

1.
A person given to the use of alcoholic liquors.
2.
Alcoholic liquors.