cellarman

[ sel-er-muh n ]
/ ˈsɛl ər mən /

noun, plural cel·lar·men.

a person who is in charge of the alcoholic-beverage supply of a hotel or restaurant.

Origin of cellarman

First recorded in 1650–60; cellar + -man

Words nearby cellarman

cellar fungus, cellar sash, cellarage, cellarer, cellaret, cellarman, cellarmaster, cellblock, celle, celled, cellentani

Example sentences from the Web for cellar-man

  • Tomkins had never less than a hundred pipes of wine in his cellar; he kept seven waiters, one cellar-man, and a boy.

    Club Life of London, Volume II (of 2) |John Timbs

  • She lay and played with the rattling sound, making the cellar-man speak sometimes with a deep voice, sometimes with a high one.

    Pelle the Conqueror, Complete |Martin Anderson Nexo