bartender orig. U.S.
(ˈbɑːˌtɛndə(r))
Also bar-tender.
[f. bar n.1 + tender n.1]
a. A keeper or manager of a refreshment bar. b. A bar-attendant or barman.
| 1836 Franklin Repository (Chambersburg, Pa.) 5 Apr. 3/3 My bar-tender..has become a drunkard according to the course of trade. 1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 21 Nov., The bar-tender is a person of great gravity of countenance. 1876 J. Hartley Seets i' Lundun iv. 53 Aw axed th' bar⁓tender if he'd onny. 1883 [see tender n.1 2]. 1884 Fortn. Rev. Mar. 389 A bar-tender in..this low groggery. 1961 Spectator 11 Aug. 199 A dish-washer and part-time bartender. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 51 (Advt.), Bartender, for dining lounge. |