barmaid
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɑː(ɹ).meɪd/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
barmaid (plural barmaids)
- A woman who serves in a bar. [from 18th c.]
- 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 201:
- At one of the way-stations on his long journey a barmaid at a tavern speaks to Gilgamesh and tries to give him common sense on the human condition.
Translations
woman who serves in a bar
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See also
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English barmaid.
Pronunciation
Noun
barmaid f (plural barmaids)
Further reading
- “barmaid”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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