bartendress

noun

bar·​tend·​ress ˈbär-ˌten-drəs 

plural bartendresses

: a woman who prepares and serves drinks at a bar : a female bartender

Does the bartendress know who I am? Can she see me behind these mirrors?

—Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1971

Word History

Etymology

bartend(e)r + -ess

First Known Use

1935, in the meaning defined above

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