bartender

noun

bar·​tend·​er ˈbär-ˌten-dər 

: a person who serves drinks at a bar

bartend

ˈbär-ˌtend 

intransitive verb

Examples of bartender in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

One of them appeared to distract the server while the other demanded money from the bartender. — CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026

It’s been a little over a year since the Army veteran and bartender launched the mobile coffee business at the Charlotte Regional Farmers Market, according to Axios Charlotte. — Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 3 Nov. 2026

In the original series, Hobbes, a lawyer, met Brady, a bartender, in Season 2, then broke up, ultimately got back together, got married, and welcomed a child, Brady Hobbes, by the show’s end. — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 3 Nov. 2026

The bartender, a short woman with bangs, was also a Whiffenpoof, and from New York. — Jane Bua, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bartender

• contender
• defender
• engender
• extender
• offender
• pretender
• provender
• surrender
• suspender
• transgender
• bender
• blender

Kids Definition

bartender

noun

bar·​tend·​er ˈbär-ˌten-dər 

: a person who serves alcoholic drinks at a bar

bartend

ˈbär-ˌtend 

verb