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barman|ˈbɑːmən|
[f. bar n.1]
†1. A pleader at the bar; a barrister. Obs.
1657Reeve God's Plea 8 Oh rare Pleader! there is not such a Barre-man to be found.
2. One who prepares bars, e.g. of metal for the manufacture of wire.
1714Mandeville Fab. Bees (1725) I. 249 The silver-spinner, the flatter, the wire-drawer, the bar-man, and the refiner.
3. A man who serves at the bar of a public-house, etc. Cf. bar n.1 28.
1837Duncumb Brit. Emigrant's Adv. 76 He instantly called for the bar-man and taxed him with the imposition. 1865E. C. Clayton Cruel Fort. II. 165 Two barmaids commenced a most vigorous flirtation with the young bar⁓man. |