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also barkeeper
as in bartender
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Recent Examples of barkeep
The Florentine entrepreneur Francesco Datini was the son of a barkeep.
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Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
While staying in the iconic Savoy Hotel, Cinnamon visits their famed American bar where a bartender tells her the story of Ada Coleman, the bar's first female barkeep, who's responsible for most of its renowned menu.
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Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
2 Aug. 2025
The cast includes Andrew Scott as Richard Rodgers, Simon Delaney as Oscar Hammerstein, Cillian Sullivan as Stephen Sondheim, and Bobby Cannavale as the charming barkeep trying not to serve Lorenz too much, or at all.
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Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
29 July 2025
Each table, each stool, each spirited exchange between barkeep and guest becomes part of a collective verse.
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Charlotte Observer,
10 July 2025
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Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
While staying in the iconic Savoy Hotel, Cinnamon visits their famed American bar where a bartender tells her the story of Ada Coleman, the bar's first female barkeep, who's responsible for most of its renowned menu.
—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
2 Aug. 2025
The cast includes Andrew Scott as Richard Rodgers, Simon Delaney as Oscar Hammerstein, Cillian Sullivan as Stephen Sondheim, and Bobby Cannavale as the charming barkeep trying not to serve Lorenz too much, or at all.
—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
29 July 2025
Each table, each stool, each spirited exchange between barkeep and guest becomes part of a collective verse.
—
Charlotte Observer,
10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barkeep
Noun
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That is not surprising; bartender and co-owner Nick Chaivarlis worked at cocktail heavy hitters like the Lawrence and Ration & Dram.
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This crowd pleaser, invented by bartender Sam Ross in 2008, gets its charm from two different bittersweet Italian liqueurs, even though the resulting cocktail is neither particularly bitter nor sweet.
Noun
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These bartenders are the cream of the crop—doing things the way legendary barman Dale Degroff would.
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There were only two—the barman who doubled as a grill man looked up at the sound, and an older man turned around from his perch at the bar.
Noun
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His true seasonal arc begins not with Bruce’s (Damon Daunno) death but rather in the Brick & Bacon, a New York City diner where a 20something waitress named Regina (Delainey Hayles) works shifts that don’t get her any closer to making ends meet.
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Crawford won the 1945 Oscar as a waitress who rises to own a string of Los Angeles restaurants.
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“Barkeep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barkeep. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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