Barmaid
a woman who bartends; bartender.
Historical Examples
Of an excitable nature, she burst into tears, and the barmaid ran in.
Johnny Ludlow, Third Series Mrs. Henry Wood
“There’ll be dancing here this evening,” the barmaid informed him.
The Tinted Venus F. Anstey
The barmaid told her he had gone into the town to post a letter, and asked Dolly to step into the bar-parlour to wait.
Johnny Ludlow, Third Series Mrs. Henry Wood
All have a word or a good-morning or a joke with the barmaid.
A Gentleman’s Gentleman F. Hopkinson Smith
“Show him up,” said the barmaid to a waiter, without deigning another look at the exquisite, in reply to his inquiry.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2) Charles Dickens
The stockbroker flirts with the barmaid—cases have been known; often he marries her.
Tea-Table Talk Jerome K. Jerome
And what d’you think your friends will say to your marrying—a barmaid?
Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor William Somerset Maugham
The “barmaid” collar is the double collar, at that time just coming into fashion.
The Hill Horace Annesley Vachell
My father had helped him again and again, until his marriage with a barmaid.
The World’s Greatest Books, Vol VI. Various
The barmaid, who was polishing her spirit measures, looked at him curiously.
People of Position Stanley Portal Hyatt
noun
a woman who serves in a pub
n.
1650s, from bar (n.2) + maid.
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