bartender

One who tends a bar or pub; a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar. [from 19th c.]

Noun

  1. One who tends a bar or pub; a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar. [from 19th c.]
    • 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:

Origin

Etymology tree English bar English tender English bartender From bar + tender.

Forms

bartenders bar-tender

Synonyms

barkeep barkeeper mixologist

Hyponyms

barmaid barman

Related

alewife knight of the spigot publican tapper tapster taverner victualler

Derived

beertender budtender cheftender flair bartender potender