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barmaid

noun

bar·​maid ˈbär-ˌmād How to pronounce barmaid (audio)
: a woman who serves liquor at a bar

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The Playboy Club, with its bunny barmaids, opened in 1961 at 77th Street and Biscayne Boulevard in Miami. Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 24 Nov. 2025 But most Germans would associate Herculean feats of beer lifting with the iconic image of the Oktoberfest barmaid carrying an armload of Masskrüge through a crowd of drunken idiots. Martin Fritz Huber, Outside, 6 Nov. 2025 But when tourists start turning up dead, he’s reluctantly drawn back into detective work — egged on by his barmaid Rosa, a crime drama superfan. Alex Ritman, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025 The song, ubiquitous in the summer of its release, tells of a barmaid with a doomed love for a sailor. Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for barmaid

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1658, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of barmaid was circa 1658

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“Barmaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barmaid. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.

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