barmaid

[ bahr-meyd ]

/ ˈbɑrˌmeɪd /

a woman who bartends; bartender.

Origin of barmaid

First recorded in 1650–60; bar¹ + maid

Kiss the barmaid, about the quickest and wickedest she ever heerd tell of, and then off to bed as sober as a judge.

The Attache |Thomas Chandler Haliburton
The barmaid stood up, seized a glass and a cloth, and began to polish the glass with vigor.

The Borough Treasurer |Joseph Smith Fletcher
I dared not go home; they are very strict Chapel people, and they told me I never was to come near them after I became a barmaid.

Workhouse Characters |Margaret Wynne Nevinson
Your language reminds me of the time when you were a barmaid.

The Evil Genius |Wilkie Collins

The mother had been a barmaid in one of the numerous inns forming one of the Swedish capital's most characteristic features.

Plays--First Series |August Strindberg

barmaid

/ (ˈbɑːˌmeɪd) /

a woman who serves in a pub

See barman