cellarman

[ sel-er-muh n ]

/ ˈsɛl ər mən /

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

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First recorded in 1650–60; cellar + -man

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
Use, ask for, take from my larder what you like; I appoint you cellarman.
The Captiva and The Mostellaria|Plautus
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 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

For a moment he turned upon the Cellarman almost as scared a look as the Cellarman turned upon him.
No Thoroughfare|Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins