compotator means one who drinks (alcoholic beverages) with another; a fellow drinker. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
compotator is pronounced /ˈkɒm.pəˌteɪ.tə/.
Why “compotator” is a great word
COMPOTATOR — [Noun] One who drinks alcoholic beverages with another; a fellow drinker. From Old French compotateur, from Late Latin compōtātōrem, from Latin com- ("with") + pōtātor ("drinker"), from pōtāre ("to drink"). Unlike a "teetotaler," who abstains in principled isolation, or a "sot," who drowns in solitary excess, a compotator is defined solely by the pact of shared, convivial consumption. It is the synchronized clink of heavy glasses in a dim-lit tavern, the low hum of a confidential story over a shared bottle, the silent, solid presence of another soul across the table as the night deepens—a testament that some burdens, and some joys, are meant to be diluted by company.
noun
- One who drinks (alcoholic beverages) with another; a fellow drinker.“I shall yet think it a diminution to our happiness, to miss of half our companions and compotators of syllabub, not to have Mr. Newsham and his dogs, and his preceptors, and his dearly-beloved cousin, and his mathematics, and his Greek, and his horses.”