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bartender

[bahr-ten-der] / ˈbɑrˌtɛn dər /
NOUN
one who serves drinks at a bar
Synonyms
STRONGEST
barkeep barkeeper mixologist tapster
STRONG
alewife barmaid barman publican tapper taverner victualler
WEAK
boniface butler soda jerk steward vintner


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A prerequisite to be a bartender, says Marston, will need to be a love of books.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Riley has now recovered and is back working in a pub as a bartender.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

I am a 30-year-old girl living in New York City and I started dating a 43-year-old bartender.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

There will be bartender entertainment at the martini bar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

We’d hired a caterer to add to the food my mom cooked, and a bartender to set up and serve the drinks.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

The complaint says male employees at “all levels” of the company helped create and maintain the hostile work environment, from the vice president of operations to managers, bartenders, line cooks, food runners and bussers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

Ice handling is considered an essential skill for Japanese bartenders, who often begin their training by learning to break it with precision.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

Now, he added, he has “servers, bartenders and oyster shuckers in the kitchen washing dishes.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

A DJ checks the sound and bartenders shake their elevated work while Benidorm turns to gold below.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

Four bartenders moved in an unrehearsed dance as they tried to provide drinks to the impatient Marines who screamed at them above the broadening dimensions of pandemonium loose in the Officers’ Club.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy


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