barmaid

[bahr-meyd]

noun

1. a woman who bartends; bartender.

barmaid

/ ˈbɑːˌmeɪd /

noun

1. a woman who serves in a pub

Word History and Origins

Origin of barmaid¹

First recorded in 1650–60; bar ¹ + maid

Example Sentences

Baroness Gray, the daughter of Irish immigrants in 1950s Tottenham, grew up with a salesman father and a barmaid mother.

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Cassandra Dutra, another barmaid, told CNN that the suspect would come into The Owl Bar frequently, but "he wasn't a part of the camaraderie" among customers.

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For the last 16 years, like many women in Itaituba, she has been returning periodically to the mines to work as a cook, a washerwoman, a barmaid and a sex worker.

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She appeared with Billy Connolly and the late Antony Bourdain, and played a barmaid in the film Wild Rose.

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Goodyear, 81, played the leopard-skin-loving barmaid Bet Lynch in the soap.

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