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

Use, ask for, take from my larder what you like; I appoint you cellarman.

From The Captiva and the Mostellaria by Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas)

Then there was “Don Saltero’s” tavern, kept by a tall Scotchman and his factotum, a little short fat man, a sort of “Joe Willett of the Maypole,” who was barman, cellarman, and waiter in one. 

From Rambling Recollections of Chelsea by an old inhabitant by Ellenor, J. B.

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 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