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barmaid

[ bahr-meyd ]

noun

  1. a woman who bartends; bartender.


barmaid

/ ˈbɑːˌmeɪd /

noun

  1. a woman who serves in a pub


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Usage

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Word History and Origins

Origin of barmaid1

First recorded in 1650–60; bar 1 + maid

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Example Sentences

The plump little barmaid had made him what she called, "A man's drink," while me she had served contemptuously with a ginger ale.

She was a young woman of would-be fashionable appearance, and acted apparently in the double capacity of barmaid and clerk.

I dared not go home; they are very strict Chapel people, and they told me I never was to come near them after I became a barmaid.

Maria is a bad sort of clever barmaid, and was not unwilling to marry the drunken Sir Toby.

She saw the cart in the market, and ate three (for she had the health of a barmaid), and bid in the load, and George with it.

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