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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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At a Hilton Hotel bar near Tokyo, bartender Shingo Miyachi prepares a negroni with one of Kuramoto Ice's big, clear cubes.

From Barron's Sep. 6, 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

Before that, he was a bartender newly arrived from Oklahoma that the drummer befriended.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

“It has an identity issue,” said a Dave & Buster’s bartender I spoke to.

From Slate Jun. 25, 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

If more construction workers are grabbing drinks after shifts, bartenders make more money.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

Or a new generation of candidates – tattooed veterans, mechanics, bartenders – whose biography is supposed to do the political work that policy has not.

From Salon Aug. 9, 2026

Robot rentals are becoming available for anything from a day to years for a variety of purposes, from Moxi's hospital deliveries to robot bartenders or autonomous weeders for farms.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

“However you can get out of LAX the fastest and the cheapest is how everybody’s calculating in my circle of bartenders and magicians” said Joshua Lucas, a passenger who was recently arriving at LAX.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 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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