barmaid
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2.3
- noun
- /ˈbɑrˌmeɪd/
- UK
:
camarera
- A buxom sandy-haired barmaid laid two pints of Guinness before us.
- pretty barmaid
- dark-haired barmaid
- three barmaids
Examples
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Apart from the barmaid, she was the only woman in the entire room.
Fiction book (1998) -
As Billy starts to argue with the barmaid about whether Elvis Presley can sing, I think of my father.
Fiction book (1998) -
I was a barmaid Thursday through Sunday for 30 years.
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Tell me, what does this barmaid of yours look like?
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As if in answer, a pretty barmaid comes by with more drinks.
Fiction book (1999) -
He said he needs a barmaid with experience.
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A barmaid at a juke joint near the base.
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You are aware, are you not, that she was a barmaid in an Irish saloon.
Fiction book (1991) -
We take a couple of stools and wait until the barmaid decides to come over to us.
Fiction book (1998) -
The barmaid served us cold drinks on a hot summer day.
Synonyms
330
2.0
A person who mixes and serves drinks at a bar or restaurant
20
6.3
A person who serves and mixes alcoholic drinks at a bar
13
1.3
To serve food and drinks to customers at tables in a restaurant or cafe
4
7.6
A person who makes and serves drinks with alcohol, often creating new cocktails
1
2.9
A person who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar
1
9.9
A woman who serves beer in a pub, often wearing a costume
1
9.9
A person who serves beer and other drinks in a pub or inn
A person who brings drinks to guests in a bar or at an event
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word barmaid is a simple combination of bar and maid. A bar is the counter where drinks are served and maid means 'young woman' or 'female worker', so a barmaid is a woman who works behind the bar serving drinks.