barmaid

American  

[bahr-meyd] / ˈbɑrˌmeɪd /

noun

1. a woman who bartends; bartender.

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barmaid British  

/ ˈbɑːˌmeɪd /

noun

1. a woman who serves in a pub

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Etymology

Origin of barmaid

First recorded in 1650–60; bar ¹ + maid

Example Sentences

Amy Adams has played a princess and a nun, Lynne Cheney and Lois Lane, a barmaid, a blogger and a con artist.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2024

Goodyear, 81, played the leopard-skin-loving barmaid from 1966 to 2003.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2023

The film handles Maverick’s personal stuff - wooing the barmaid, repairing his relationship with Goose’s kid - while also fulfilling its promise as an action movie.

From Washington Times • May 12, 2022

“I was barmaid, doorman, bathroom attendant, hostess — and I also put on the records. It was the first ever discothèque,” she claimed decades later, “and I was the first ever club disc jockey.”

From Washington Post • May 2, 2022

And Ray had no sooner turned off his ignition, than Betty Apodaca’s pickup, carrying the Frontier barmaid, Teofila Chacon, and Amarante Cordova’s dying son, Ricardo, coasted to a stop nearby.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols