bartender
nounUK /ˈbɑːˌtɛndə(ɹ)/ · US /ˈbɑɹˌtɛndɚ/
Etymology From bar + tender.
1
One who tends a bar or pub; a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar.
- He observed as the sad bartender ritually played canasta with two bored and customerless dancers...2008, Rachel Kushner, Telex from Cuba:
- They weren't all just sexpats and drifters and former disgraced officers or old bartenders, none of which he should have mentioned.2010, Erich R. Sysak, Water Heart:
- Synonyms
- barkeep, barkeeper, mixologist
- Derived terms
- beertender, budtender, cheftender, flair bartender, potender
- Related terms
- alewife, knight of the spigot, publican, tapper, tapster, taverner, victualler