Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Alcoholic \Al`co*hol"ic\, 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.

Alcoholic \Al`co*hol"ic\, n.
   1. A person given to the use of alcoholic liquors.

   2. pl. Alcoholic liquors.

Source : WordNet®

alcoholic
     adj 1: used of beverages containing alcohol; "alcoholic drinks"
            [ant: {nonalcoholic}]
     2: addicted to alcohol; "alcoholic expatriates in Paris"- Carl
        Van Doren [syn: {alcohol-dependent}]

alcoholic
     n : a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually [syn: {alky},
          {dipsomaniac}, {boozer}, {lush}, {soaker}, {souse}]