cellarman

American  

[sel-er-muhn] / ˈsɛl ər mən /

noun

plural

cellarmen

1. a person who is in charge of the alcoholic-beverage supply of a hotel or restaurant.

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Etymology

Origin of cellarman

First recorded in 1650–60; cellar + -man

Example Sentences

His infant son was a breast-fed baby whose household at birth included a carver, a baker and a cellarman.

From Time Magazine Archive

In his fight with poverty he was put to strange shifts, becoming cellarman at a tavern and clerk to a lawyer, reciting and singing at a small theatre, and compiling a collection of common songs.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

I’ve been a cellarman my life through, with my mind fully given to the business. 

From No Thoroughfare by Collins, Wilkie

At the servants' table, besides the waiters and other attendants on the principal board, mentioned by Harrison, sat the master-cook, the pantler, the steward or major-domo, the butler, the cellarman, the waferer, and others.

From Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine by Hazlitt, William Carew

The head cellarman had gone round the place with him and his master, and Leigh at once went to him.

From No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee by Wood, Stanley L.