barman

chiefly British

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Recent Examples of barman Named after the resident barman, Franco mixed up his signature piña colada for me, made with fresh pineapple juice, coconut milk, and local rum. Jen Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2025 Two of them worked in tech and one was an accountant; two were part-time barmen, part-time singers and actors. Colm Tóibín, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2025 So now the doctor's office, the barmen, the hotel men, the railroad, everyone now has to pay more for wood. Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 26 Nov. 2024 The Asian-Latin menu speaks to Bruner-Yang's Taiwanese and Cambodian heritage and the barmen's homeland in El Salvador. Anna Spiegel, Axios, 7 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for barman
Recent Examples of Synonyms for barman
Noun
  • Rothbauer, the bartender, sighs.
    Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Jason’s cousin Chris Hahn is a bartender at SUR and has been living in Los Angeles for three years.
    Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • The man previously on Florida’s Death Row for beating, stabbing and strangling a La Carreta waitress with a rice cooker — before lighting a blaze to destroy key evidence — should be condemned to die, Miami prosecutors told a jury after detailing the slaying on Wednesday morning.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 5 Nov. 2025
  • In the latter, Ladd played Flo, a candid and cutting waitress who shows her softer side while befriending Ellen Brustyn’s Alice.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025

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