barmannoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbɑː.mən/us/ˈbɑːr.mən/plural -men uk/-mən/usmainly UKB1 a man who serves drinks in a bar
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Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Selling & serving alcoholic drinks
- bar
- barkeeper
- barmaid
- bartender
- beer garden
- cut sb off
- gastropub
- hostelry
- innkeeper
- landlady
- licensee
- liquor store
- lock-in
- nineteenth
- public house
- publican
- roadhouse
- saloon
- saloon bar
- say when idiom
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Examples from literature
- He's not in the kitchen, said the barman.
- Here he is! said the barman.
- Here you are, said the barman.
- It was very awkward for Peter, and more awkward still when the barman came up and told 'im to take Bill outside.