tapster

[tap-ster]

noun

1. a bartender.

tapster

/ ˈtæpstə /

noun

1. rare,  a barman

2. (in W Africa) a man who taps palm trees to collect and sell palm wine

Other Word Forms

• undertapster noun
• tapstress noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of tapster¹

before 1000; Middle English; Old English tæppestre. See tap ², -ster

Word History and Origins

Origin of tapster¹

Old English tæppestre, feminine of tæppere, from tappian to _tap ²

Example Sentences

It also includes inane subplots, fake friars, punster tapsters and a tiresome denouement.

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The tapster's "promise" is something we're all familiar with: that slight inclination of the chin, subtle nod or lift of the eyebrow that says: "You're next".

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So also are the adventures of “that loose fish the Pardoner” with the tapster Kit at the Chequer Inn.

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On his way he gives most of his money to bury a dishonest tapster, who has been executed and left frozen in a block of ice outside a church for passers-by to spit upon.

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Of an earlier date is the tapster of the initial block, from Ludlow, who furnishes a comfortable idea of a congenial, and to judge from his pouch, a profitable occupation.

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