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bartender

noun

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

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Walker-Figueroa has worked as a professional ballet and modern dancer, research assistant, classical harpist, bartender, literary editor, and creative writing instructor and is currently an assistant professor of English at Virginia Commonwealth University. Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025 Harry’s Bar, a Century-old Cocktail Institution Bar Hemingway at Ritz Paris has long been my cocktail bar go-to, especially because the famed bartender Colin Field sometimes breaks out card games and serenades guests with music on the record player. Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2025 Eruzione was a grinder, a ham-and-egger, the son of a pizza shop bartender and sewage plant worker from Winthrop, Mass. Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2025 Her amour fou with lothario bartender Jax Taylor set the tone for a soap whose throughline was infidelity, with the women repeatedly sleuthing out their boyfriends’ indiscretions as the men tried to cover for each other. Judy Berman, Time, 4 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bartender

Word History

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 11 Dec. 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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