barkeeper

[ bahr-kee-per ]

noun

1. a person who owns or manages a bar where alcoholic beverages are sold.
2. a bartender.

barkeeper

/ ˈbɑːˌkiːpə /

noun

1. another name (esp US) for barman

Word History and Origins

Origin of barkeeper¹

First recorded in 1705–15; bar ¹ + keeper

Example Sentences

This barkeeper had not been exposed to smallpox except by contact with the man mentioned here.

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The barkeeper was nonplussed, and asked what a tin-roof cocktail was.

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I leave you to figure it out, but the barkeeper paid the bill.

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“Yep,” replied the barkeeper, holding a bottle between his eye and the light, and measuring its contents.

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Barkeeper buys watermelons for five cents up the river, brings them down and sells them for fifty.

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