coffeeman
nounEtymology From coffee + -man.
1
Dated A man who keeps a coffeehouse; the owner of a coffeehouse.
- ...many of the Coffamen keeping beaytifull boyes, who ſerue as ſtales to procure them cuſtomers.1615, George Sandys, A Relation of a Iourney begun An: Dom: 1610, I 66:
2
A person who makes coffee in an establishment, or on a ship etc.
- In their cabin, Miss Martin and Miss Bowker were interrupted by a knock on the door. “Women up on the boat deck!” the voice cried. “Get your lifebelts!” There was no time to change clothes; each girl grabbed a wrapper and cloak. As they dashed down the passageway they looked back to their colleagues, all male: the French waiters, chef, chef's assistants, bakers, sauce makers, fish cooks, wine butlers, barmen, coffeemen, soup cook, and sculleryman.1999, Kristen Iversen, Molly Brown: Unraveling the Myth, page 15:
- Related terms
- coffeewoman