cellarman

[ sel-er-muhn ]

/ ˈsɛl ər mən /

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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 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 head cellarman had gone round the place with him and his master, and Leigh at once went to him.
No Surrender!|G. A. Henty
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
Use, ask for, take from my larder what you like; I appoint you cellarman.
The Captiva and The Mostellaria|Plautus

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