bartender

nouncommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈbɑːˌtɛndə(ɹ)//
United States//ˈbɑɹˌtɛndɚ//

One who tends a bar or pub; a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar.

noun

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...
They weren't all just sexpats and drifters and former disgraced officers or old bartenders, none of which he should have mentioned.

Etymology

Etymology tree Vulgar Latin *barra Old French barrebor. Middle English barre English bar English tend Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English tender English bartender From bar + tender.

Forms

plural: bartenders

BARS · A high-pressure high-temperature apparatus usually used for…Bart · Abbreviation or diminutive for baronet, later replaced by Bt.…BART · To use Bay Area Rapid Transit, to ride on BART.

bartender · One who tends a bar or pub; a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar.

Bartlett · A surname transferred from the given name from a pet form of…barton · A farmyard.Barton · Any of many places in England: A hamlet in Barton and Pooley…

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