barmaid

[ bahr-meyd ]

noun
  1. a woman who bartends; bartender.

Origin of barmaid

1
First recorded in 1650–60; bar1 + maid

Words Nearby barmaid

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How to use barmaid in a sentence

  • The plump little barmaid had made him what she called, "A man's drink," while me she had served contemptuously with a ginger ale.

    Tramping on Life | Harry Kemp
  • She was a young woman of would-be fashionable appearance, and acted apparently in the double capacity of barmaid and clerk.

    Hyacinth | George A. Birmingham
  • I dared not go home; they are very strict Chapel people, and they told me I never was to come near them after I became a barmaid.

    Workhouse Characters | Margaret Wynne Nevinson
  • Maria is a bad sort of clever barmaid, and was not unwilling to marry the drunken Sir Toby.

    More Pages from a Journal | Mark Rutherford
  • She saw the cart in the market, and ate three (for she had the health of a barmaid), and bid in the load, and George with it.

    Richard Carvel, Complete | Winston Churchill

British Dictionary definitions for barmaid

barmaid

/ (ˈbɑːˌmeɪd) /


noun
  1. a woman who serves in a pub

barmaid

See barman

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