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tavernkeeper

tavernkeeper noun: one who keeps a tavern.

Noun

tavernkeeper (plural tavernkeepers)

  1. One who keeps a tavern.
    • Mr. Hautekiet, 41, a large, friendly man with a seemingly endless supply of facts about the town, said that all attempts to locate former residents of Goverthing had been fruitless, though one —— the tavernkeeper —— had been found in a retirement home in Brooklyn, where he has refused for decades...2009 September 19, Randy Kennedy, “Uncovering a Small Town (and Some Tall Tales)”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    jerry-lord, taverner

Synonyms of tavernkeeper

Forms of tavernkeeper

pluraltavernkeepers

Origin of tavernkeeper

From tavern + keeper.

Questions about tavernkeeper

What does tavernkeeper mean?
Tavernkeeper means one who keeps a tavern.
What part of speech is tavernkeeper?
Tavernkeeper is a noun.
What is the plural of tavernkeeper?
The plural of tavernkeeper is tavernkeepers.

Words near tavernkeeper in the dictionary

  1. tavernize
  2. tavernized
  3. tavernizes
  4. tavernizing
  5. tavernkeep
  6. tavernkeeper
  7. tavernkeepers
  8. tavernkeeping
  9. tavernkeeps
  10. tavernless
  11. tavernlike

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