barman
Americannoun
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barmen
plural
noun
Usage
Gender-neutral form: bartender
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of barman
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A well-worn joke in Westminster goes like this: “A Blairite, a Brownite and a Corbynite walk into a bar. The barman asks: ‘What are you having, Andy?’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
She asked the barman if he'd seen her date leave.
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
Yossef Haim Ohana comes from Kyriat Malakhi in southern Israel, and was working as a barman at Supernova, though he was planning on starting his studies in coaching.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025
The original version of British barman Dick Bradsell’s creation — aptly named Vodka Espresso — contained just espresso and a shot of vodka tied together with simple syrup.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2024
The men in the bar think it’s very funny that the barman should be filhng baby bottles but he’s big and he tells them shut their lip.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
Apparently the reason for the hush-hush is that, unbelievably, other barmen seem to want to pretend they invented it.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2022
When I looked at Mulligan’s Web site again, I saw that the barmen were men in their thirties, forties, and beyond, who were devoted to the pub, their jobs, and their teamwork.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2018
Long before they had a place to hang a sign, Sean Muldoon and Jack McGarry, barmen from Belfast, Northern Ireland, had the name for their bar in Lower Manhattan: the Dead Rabbit.
From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2015
“Mr. Carson,” as he is known to locals, eats in the better restaurants, chats with barmen and nightclub entertainers, drinks a lot.
From Washington Post ● May 13, 2015
"I am sure that he will," was the reply; "and I will ask him, and all the barmen I know, to assist in the good effort."
From The Man with the Book or, The Bible Among the People. by John Matthias Weylland
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