Thesaurus results for BARKEEP

barkeep

noun

variants also barkeeper

Definition of barkeep

as in bartender

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Recent Examples of barkeep After leaving school in 1954, Von Däniken worked as a waiter and barkeeper for several years, during which he was repeatedly accused of fraud and served a couple of short stints in prison. — Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026 The Florentine entrepreneur Francesco Datini was the son of a barkeep. — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025 While staying in the iconic Savoy Hotel, Cinnamon visits their famed American bar where a bartender tells her the story of Ada Coleman, the bar's first female barkeep, who's responsible for most of its renowned menu. — Lizz Schumer, People.com, 2 Aug. 2025 The cast includes Andrew Scott as Richard Rodgers, Simon Delaney as Oscar Hammerstein, Cillian Sullivan as Stephen Sondheim, and Bobby Cannavale as the charming barkeep trying not to serve Lorenz too much, or at all. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 29 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for barkeep

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Noun

Juan Carlos, a bartender at New Helvetia Brewery, also supports the proposal.

— James Taylor, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
This does not go unnoticed by Britt (Isabelle Bonfrer), a bartender who watches it unfold with quiet amusement.

— Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of bartender

Noun

These bartenders are the cream of the crop—doing things the way legendary barman Dale Degroff would.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026
There were only two—the barman who doubled as a grill man looked up at the sound, and an older man turned around from his perch at the bar.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025

Definition of barman

Noun

This over-the-top Courtney tries out jobs like therapist, waitress, and flight attendant, pulling audience members up to the stage to be her clients.

— Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2026
Cooke, a nonprofit owner and former waitress, hopes the better political environment will be her edge after failing to get out of the Democratic primary in 2022 and losing to Van Orden by about 3 percentage points in 2024.

— Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026

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