Cellarman

Quick meaning: Cellarman is a noun meaning A person in charge of the alcoholic drinks (traditionally the wine cellar) in a tavern etc.

Meaning

A person in charge of the alcoholic drinks (traditionally the wine cellar) in a tavern etc.

Example Sentences

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.

By a rule of the hotel the waiters were not allowed to keep stores of spirits, but had to go to the cellarman for each drink as it was ordered. As the cellarman poured out the drinks he would set aside perhaps a teaspoonful from each glass, and he amassed quantities in this way.

Word Forms

• cellarmen

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cellarmaster, cellarwoman, cellarer, tavernman, tavernkeeper, sommelier.

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