barmaid

noun

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

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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 Viewers will always stick with Dunk, Egg, and this lower rim of Westeros society: the armorers, the performers, the barmaids, the whores, and the like. Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Oct. 2025 My introduction that begins the book Alcatraz, from which the poems are excerpted, has a poem about my maternal grandmother working as a barmaid, and serving drinks to iron foundrymen. Robert Minhinnick, The Dial, 2 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 21 Oct. 2025.

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