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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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Kristin Ingala, a bartender on Cape Cod, lost her voice before the show.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

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

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

“Why don’t I play bartender for a while?”

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

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

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

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

He maxed out the number of bartenders he could squeeze behind the counter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Not only the bartenders and cooks, who knew everything about everything, it seemed to me, but even the customers, also began to school me, in little conversations by the bar when I wasn’t busy.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey


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