bartender

noun

bar·​tend·​er ˈbär-ˌten-dər How to pronounce bartender (audio)
: a person who serves drinks at a bar
bartend intransitive verb

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Meanwhile, listening bars, long popular in Japan, are cropping up from New York City to Los Angeles, spinning cool-jazz LPs on classic systems as the bartenders pour Scotch whisky far younger than the audio gear itself. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2025 Over by the bar, the maître d’ and bartender whispered, and in the corner, a girl no older than fifteen held her phone aloft, recording. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2025 According to the Sheriff’s Office, shortly before 7:15 p.m. on Dec. 14, bartender Matthew Davis Reed at Cactus Jack’s II allegedly sold a tin of snuff to a 17-year-old who was working with the Sheriff’s Office. Jorge Sosa, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025 Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez spent Tuesday night together at Negroni in Beverly Hills, according to a bartender. Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for bartender 

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First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of bartender was in 1825

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“Bartender.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bartender. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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bartender

noun
bar·​tend·​er ˈbär-ˌten-dər How to pronounce bartender (audio)
: a person who serves alcoholic drinks at a bar
bartend verb

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