ever-smoker

See also: ever smoker

English

Alternative forms

• ever smoker (nonstandard)

Noun

ever-smoker (plural ever-smokers)

1. A person who has ever (that is, at any time in their past) smoked tobacco (e.g., cigarettes, cigars, pipes).
2. (strictly, operational definition for epidemiology) More precisely, someone who has smoked more than 100 instances (e.g., cigarettes, cigars, pipe bowlfuls) in their lifetime.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “both senses”): never-smoker

Hyponyms

• (both senses): quitter, smoker

See also

• pack-years