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cellarman

American  
[sel-er-muhn] / ˈsɛl ər mən /

noun

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


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Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of cellarman

First recorded in 1650–60; cellar + -man

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The cellarman stared at me as I presented a slip of paper, signed and sealed by a town-councillor:-- 'Admit the Bearer to Drink.

From The Wine-ghosts of Bremen by Hauff, Wilhelm

The cellarman, Silenus, kept away, To water the domestics' wine, that day.

From A Handbook for Latin Clubs by Paxson, Susan

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

Finally, the cellarman had to consult one of the monks who was good at puzzles of this kind, and who showed him how the thing was done.

From The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems by Dudeney, Henry Ernest

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