BARKEEP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does barkeep mean? 

• BARKEEP (noun)
  The noun BARKEEP has 1 sense:

1. an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar

  Familiarity information: BARKEEP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BARKEEP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

barkeep; barkeeper; barman; bartender; mixologist

Hypernyms ("barkeep" is a kind of...):

employee (a worker who is hired to perform a job)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "barkeep"):

barmaid (a female bartender)

publican; tavern keeper (the keeper of a public house)