barmaid

[ bahr-meyd ]

/ ˈbɑrˌmeɪd /

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noun

a woman who bartends; bartender.

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Origin of barmaid

First recorded in 1650–60; bar¹ + maid

Words nearby barmaid

barley wine, bar line, barlow, barm, bar magnet, barmaid, barman, barmbrack, barm cake, Barmecidal, Barmecide

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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

a woman who serves in a pub

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See barman

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