drunk driver

noun

variants or drunken driver

chiefly US

: a person who drives a vehicle while drunk

He was killed by a drunk driver.

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Jane Gaudreau, the mother of the late NHL player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew Gaudreau, is speaking out after the drunk driver accused of killing them pleaded not guilty. —

Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025 The most distressing incident occurred when a drunk driver had an accident on a local winding road at night. —

Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024 The effort is led by Christine Olson, a Milwaukee native, who wasn't notified for 6½ hours after her daughter was killed by a drunk driver in Florida. —

Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 31 Dec. 2024 Crossley sustained a neck and back injury in 2007 after being hit by a drunk driver, and then a brain injury in 2008 as a pedestrian in a hit-and-run, according to her official Team USA profile. —

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