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Definition: Bartender |
BartenderNoun1. An employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "bartender" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1899. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Mixes and serves alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks to patrons of bar, following standard recipes: Mixes ingredients, such as liquor, soda, water, sugar, and bitters, to prepare cocktails and other drinks. Serves wine and draught or bottled beer. Collects money for drinks served. Orders or requisitions liquors and supplies. Arranges bottles and glasses to make attractive display. May slice and pit fruit for garnishing drinks. May prepare appetizers, such as pickles, cheese, and cold meats. May tend service bar and be designated Service Bartender (hotel & rest.). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: BartenderSynonyms: barkeep (n), barkeeper (n), barman (n), mixologist (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Servant | Attendant, squire, usher, page, donzel, footboy; train bearer, cup bearer; waiter, lapster, butler, livery servant, lackey, footman, flunky, flunkey, valet, valet de chambre; equerry, groom; jockey, hostler, ostler, tiger, orderly, messenger, cad, gillie, herdsman, swineherd; barkeeper, bartender; bell boy, boots, boy, counterjumper; khansamah, khansaman; khitmutgar; yardman. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Bartender |
| English words defined with "bartender": barmaid ♦ chummy ♦ thick. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "bartender": bar attendant ♦ MANAGER, BAR. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Bartender" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Swedish (barmaid, barman, bartender). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Hey, the bartender even looks like John Travolta (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) Vyvyan, you never told us your mother was a bartender. (The Young Ones; writing credit: Ben Elton; Rik Mayall) Yo, bartender, Jobu needs a refill (Major League; writing credit: David S. Ward) I'm the new bartender over at the pub. Got my lighter, my rag, my empathy face (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) You were the bartender. Yeah (Will & Grace; writing credit: Evan Weinstein) | |
Lyrics | Mr. Bartender (Mr. Bartender (It's So Easy); performing artist: SUGAR RAY) The bartender looks up from his want ads (All I Wanna Do; performing artist: Sheryl Crow) Bartender hit me one more time (Pour Me; performing artist: Trick Pony) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Bartender (1997) | |
Song Titles | Mr. Bartender (It's So Easy) (performing artist: SUGAR RAY) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Bartender or waiter pouring drink. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Bartender, Mora, New Mexico. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Bartender. Birney, Montana. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Brewery. Interior with tables and chairs, bar and bartender. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Kati kuts 2" by Debbie L Manville Commentary: "I took these pics of my sister for a bartender resume." | "Club Madness 1" by Erika Thorpe Commentary: "Just another day at the office. Meet the bartender." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| "Bartender" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Bartender" is used about 40 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 40 | 54,274 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "bartender"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | bufetier (barman, pantryman), barist (publican, saloonkeeper, tapster). (various references) | |
Arabic | الساقى في حانة. (various references) | |
Blackfoot | áóttaki. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | барманка (barmaid), барман (barkeeper, barman). (various references) | |
Chinese | 侍酒者. (various references) | |
Czech | barman (barkeeper, barman), výèepní (barmaid). (various references) | |
Danish | bartender (barmaid, barman). (various references) | |
Dutch | barman (barman). (various references) | |
Esperanto | trinkeja servisto (barman). (various references) | |
Farsi | متصدی بار, کسی که دربارمشروبات سرومیکند. (various references) | |
Finnish | tarjoilija (barman, steward, waiter, waitress). (various references) | |
French | barman (barman). (various references) | |
German | Barkellner (barman), Büfettier (bartenders). (various references) | |
Greek | σερβιτόρος κυλικείων (barmaid, barman), μικρή αρκούδα, μπάρμαν (barman, patron, tapster), πωλητήσ ποτών. (various references) | |
Hungarian | csapos (barman, drawer). (various references) | |
Indonesian | pelayan bar (barkeeper). (various references) | |
Italian | barista (barkeeper, barmaid, barman). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ハ長調 (bar, bar code, barbarism, barbecue, barbell, barber, barell, bargain, bargain sale, bargaining power, barter, base, Bayer, BBQ, Berkeley, berkelium, Berkley, Bermuda shorts, Bermuda Triangle, berth, bias, biathlon, bio, bio music, biochip, biocomputer, bioconversion, bioelectronics, bioethics, biofeedback, biogas, biography, biohazard, bioholonics, bioindustry, bioinfomatics, biomass, bionics, biopsy, bioreactor, biorhythm, bioscience, biosensor, biotechnology, biotelemetry, biotron, bird carving, bird sanctuary, bird watching, birdcall, birdie, Birmingham, birth, birth control, birthday, bourbon, Burberry, burger, burlesque, burner, burn-out syndrome, burst, buying power, by, bye, C major, crowbar, Farbenfabriken Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, hair combed in stripes across a bald pate, old man who takes Viagra, scale, updating a software version, Vermont, vernier, verse, version, vertical marketing, violin, violinist, virgin, Virginia, virginity, virtual, virtual circuit, virtual reality). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | バーテンダー , バーテン . (various references) | |
Korean | 바텐더. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | artenderbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | bárman, trocar (bandy, barter, change, clabber, commute, exchange, give, interchange, substitute, swap, switch, swop, to cash, to change, truck), mudar (alter, change, chop, clabber, exchange, gybe, hand back, move, pass, relay, shed, switch, to change, transform, transmogrify, turn, vary), garçom de bar (barkeeper, barman), empregado de bar (tapster), cambiar (change, convert, exchange, gear), alterar (alter, change, confound, differ, discompose, distemper, distort, garble, invert, make into, modify, mutate, overset, reconsider, shift, sophisticate, translate, transmute, unsettle, vary), "barman" (barmaid, barman). (various references) | |
Romanian | bufetier (barkeeper), barman (barkeeper, barman, counterman, tapster), proprietar de bufet, proprietar de bar. (various references) | |
Russian | бармен (barkeeper, barman, tapster). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | barmen (barkeeper, barman), šankerista (barkeeper). (various references) | |
Sicilian | barrista. (various references) | |
Spanish | barman (barman). (various references) | |
Swedish | uppassare (pantryman, steward, waiter). (various references) | |
Turkish | barmen (barkeeper, barman, saloonkeeper), barmaid (barmaid). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | буфетник (barkeeper, barman), бармен (barkeeper, barman). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người phục vụ ở quầy rượu. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | pincerna, pincernarum, pincernas, pincernis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "bartender": bartenders. (additional references) | |
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"Bartender" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: barbender, Bartumeu, Bartunek, Berendsen, Botende, Burrender. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "bartender" (pronounced bÄ"rte'nder) |
| 5 | -t e' n d er | extender. |
| 4 | -e' n d er | weekender. |
| 3 | -n d er | Ender, engender, Alexander, asunder, attainder, auslander, Bander, bender, binder, blander, blender, blinder, blonder, blunder, bookbinder, bounder, brander, bystander, calamander, calendar, candor, cinder, cofounder, commander, Condor, contender, coriander, cylinder, defender, Fender, finder, flounder, fonder, founder, gander, gender, gerrymander, grander, grinder, highlander, hinder, islander, kinder, Lander, launder, lavender, lender, mainlander, meander, minder, offender, oleander, pander, pathfinder, Pinder, plunder, ponder, pounder, pretender, rejoinder, remainder, reminder, render, responder, rounder, salamander, sander, sender, Sidewinder, slander, slender, sounder, Spender, splendor, squander, Stander, sunder, surrender, suspender, tender, thunder, tinder, transponder, under, vendor, viewfinder, wander, winder, wonder, yonder, Zander. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-e-n-r-r-t" | |
-1 letter: bantered, banterer, bartered. | |
-2 letters: bartend, berated, brander, debater, rebated, rebater, retread, tabered, terrane, treader. | |
-3 letters: anteed, ardent, bander, banter, barred, barren, barret, barter, beaned, bearer, beaten, beater, bender, berate, darner, darter, dearer, debate, derate, earned, earner, endear, entera, errand, errant, neared, nearer, neater, ranted, ranter, reader, reared, rebate, rebred, redate, redear, reearn, render. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-d-e-e-n-r-r-t" | |
+1 letter: bartenders. | |
+2 letters: centerboard. | |
+3 letters: centerboards. | |
+4 letters: brokenhearted, decerebrating, decerebration, rattlebrained. | |
+5 letters: decerebrations, featherbrained, scatterbrained, threadbareness. | |
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