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also barkeeper
as in bartender
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Recent Examples of barkeep
Her top tips: don't just stay downtown; visit smaller spots and not just the big chains; if in doubt, ask the barkeep.
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Jennifer Cunningham, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
Each table, each stool, each spirited exchange between barkeep and guest becomes part of a collective verse.
—Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2025
The barkeeps know their classic cocktails, and a friendly staff adds to the relaxing neighborhood vibe.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
The world’s best barkeeps like that come together just once a year, for a shindig each summer in a city where many of today’s cocktails were invented.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 4 June 2025
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Jennifer Cunningham, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
Each table, each stool, each spirited exchange between barkeep and guest becomes part of a collective verse.
—Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2025
The barkeeps know their classic cocktails, and a friendly staff adds to the relaxing neighborhood vibe.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
The world’s best barkeeps like that come together just once a year, for a shindig each summer in a city where many of today’s cocktails were invented.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barkeep
Noun
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Mexicali stakes a claim to the clamato cocktail, a heady blend of vodka, clam juice and other ingredients invented in the 1960s by a bartender at the city’s Acueducto Piano Bar.—
Joe Yogerst,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Take a trip to one of your old stomping grounds and pay your favorite bartender a visit.—
Steph Koyfman,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 Jan. 2026
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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.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Nov. 2025
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The menu is centered around tataki, sashimi, yakitori, and artisanal cocktails created by barman and co-owner Julien Vézina, who masterfully blends Japanese and Quebec flavors and spirits.—
Pamela MacNaughtan,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
18 Nov. 2025
Noun
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O'Hara began her time at Second City as a waitress before joining the comedy troupe after Gilda Radner departed for a gig on Saturday Night Live in 1975.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Jan. 2026
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The waitress from Colorado was traveling around California with her two Australian cattle dogs and had stayed overnight at the San Simeon Creek Campground near the famous Hearst Castle before taking her dogs for a jog along the beach.—
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Barkeep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barkeep. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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