From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Alcoholic \Al`co*hol"ic\ ([a^]l`k[-o]*h[o^]l"[i^]k), a. [Cf. F.
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.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Alcoholic \Al`co*hol"ic\, n.
1. A person given to the use of alcoholic liquors.
[1913 Webster]
2. pl. Alcoholic liquors.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alcoholic
adj 1: characteristic of or containing alcohol; "alcoholic
drinks" [ant: nonalcoholic]
2: addicted to alcohol; "alcoholic expatriates in Paris"- Carl
Van Doren [syn: alcoholic, alcohol-dependent]
n 1: a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually [syn:
alcoholic, alky, dipsomaniac, boozer, lush,
soaker, souse]