cellarman
cellarman noun: a person in charge of the alcoholic drinks (traditionally the wine cellar) in a tavern etc.
Noun
cellarman (plural cellarmen)
- A person in charge of the alcoholic drinks (traditionally the wine cellar) in a tavern etc.
- The merchant and wealthy shopkeeper here differ widely from the English character:— Immersed in business from morn till night, they dine at one or two, on plain wholesome fare; abstemious to a degree, drink less wine than their cellarmen, and without relaxing from the cares of business—the want of...1815, William Berry, The History of the Island of Guernsey, London: Longman, Hurst, Bees, Orme and Brown, p. 298, https://books.google.ca/books?id=uD8IAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
- But on a stool by the counter sat a drunken man with blue, glassy eyes and shiny purplish face, in a round grey-peaked cap topped with a button—the cellarman from the whiskey distillery of Prince Lobanoff.1923, Ivan Bunin, translated by Isabel Hapgood, The Village, London: Martin Secker, Part One, Chapter XXI, pp. 118-9
Forms of cellarman
| plural | cellarmen |
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Origin of cellarman
From cellar + -man.
Questions about cellarman
- What does cellarman mean?
- Cellarman means a person in charge of the alcoholic drinks (traditionally the wine cellar) in a tavern etc.
- What part of speech is cellarman?
- Cellarman is a noun.
- What is the plural of cellarman?
- The plural of cellarman is cellarmen.
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