cellarman

[sel-er-muh n]

noun, plural cel·lar·men.

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

Origin of cellarman

First recorded in 1650–60; cellar + -man

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Historical Examples of cellarman

Use, ask for, take from my larder what you like; I appoint you cellarman.
The Captiva and The Mostellaria
Plautus
The second night we had a third cellarman, leader of one of the outlying huts now being abandoned every day.
Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front
E. W. Hornung
The malcontent was employed as cellarman to a wine and spirit merchant or publican with large wine vaults.
Mysteries of Police and Crime
Arthur Griffiths
The cellarman went first with a light; at the bottom of the staircase he unlocked the wine cellar and went in—still first.
Mysteries of Police and Crime
Arthur Griffiths
On one occasion he sent for the cellarman, and complained that a particular bottling was not to his palate.
The Canterbury Puzzles
Henry Ernest Dudeney