bartender

noun

bar·​tend·​er ˈbär-ˌten-dər How to pronounce bartender (audio)
: a person who serves drinks at a bar
bartend intransitive verb

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Natalie Maguire has been SUR’s lead bartender for two years and is ready to level up to bar manager, but Lisa may not be on the same page after her recent outburst. Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2025 The show — revolving around the servers and bartenders at SUR, with Vanderpump presiding over both their work and (somehow) personal lives — was about the messy, bed-hopping lives of struggling actors, musicians and models in Los Angeles who needed restaurant work to sustain them. Kate Aurthur, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025 In the following days, Grubbs continued to share similar content, including a clip of a bartender serving her two beverages. Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025 Many skilled bartenders seem to scorn the Bloody Mary, regarding it as unserious and lightweight, just as many in the food world loathe brunch, the meal most often associated with the Bloody Mary, or wine people ridicule Sancerre, seeing it as a fallback order for people who know little about wine. The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Denver Post, 28 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bartender

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First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of bartender was in 1825

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“Bartender.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bartender. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.

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bartender

noun
bar·​tend·​er ˈbär-ˌten-dər How to pronounce bartender (audio)
: a person who serves alcoholic drinks at a bar
bartend verb

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