Meanings
plural bartenders · alternative bar-tender
- One who tends a bar or pub; a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar.
He observed as the sad bartender ritually played canasta with two bored and customerless dancers...
2008, Rachel Kushner, Telex from Cuba1 more example
They weren't all just sexpats and drifters and former disgraced officers or old bartenders, none of which he should have mentioned.
2010, Erich R. Sysak, Water HeartSynonyms: barkeep, barkeeper, mixologist
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who tends a bar or pub; a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Vulgar Latin*barra
- Old Frenchbarre
- Middle Englishbarre
- Englishbar
- Englishtend
- Englishtender
- Englishbartender
Translations
Bulgarian барман
- барман (barman)person who works in a bar
Catalan bàrman
- bàrmanperson who works in a bar
Chinese Mandarin 酒吧服務人員 /酒吧服务人员, 酒保
- 酒吧服務人員 /酒吧服务人员 (jiǔbā fúwù rényuán)person who works in a bar
- 酒保 (jiǔbǎo)person who works in a bar
- 調酒師 /调酒师 (mixologist)person who works in a bar
Czech barman, barmanka
- barmanperson who works in a bar
- barmankaperson who works in a bar
Danish bartender, barmand
- bartenderperson who works in a bar
- barmandperson who works in a bar
- barpigeperson who works in a bar
Dutch kastelein
- kasteleinperson who works in a bar
Esperanto trinkejisto
- trinkejistoperson who works in a bar
Finnish baarimikko, baarimestari
- baarimikkoperson who works in a bar
- baarimestariperson who works in a bar
French barman
- barmanperson who works in a bar
German Barkeeper, Barmann
- Barkeeperperson who works in a bar
- Barmannperson who works in a bar
- Barmixerperson who works in a bar
Greek μπάρμαν
- μπάρμαν (bárman)person who works in a bar
Hebrew בַּרְמֶן, מוֹזֵג
- בַּרְמֶן (bármen)person who works in a bar
- מוֹזֵג (mozég)person who works in a bar
Hungarian csapos, pultos
- csaposperson who works in a bar
- pultosperson who works in a bar
- bárpincérperson who works in a bar
- bármixerperson who works in a bar
- mixerperson who works in a bar
Icelandic barþjónn
- barþjónnperson who works in a bar
Indonesian pramutama bar, bartender
- pramutama barperson who works in a bar
- bartenderperson who works in a bar
Irish buachaill tábhairne
- buachaill tábhairneperson who works in a bar
Japanese バーテンダー, バーテン
- バーテンダー (bātendā)person who works in a bar
- バーテン (bāten)person who works in a bar
Korean 바텐더
- 바텐더 (batendeo)person who works in a bar
Latin vīnārius
- vīnāriusperson who works in a bar
Māori tuari, whakarato inu
- tuariperson who works in a bar
- whakarato inuperson who works in a bar
Norwegian Bokmål bartender
- bartenderperson who works in a bar
Polish barman, barmanka
- barmanperson who works in a bar
- barmankaperson who works in a bar
Portuguese barman
- barmanperson who works in a bar
Punjabi ਬਾਰਟੈਂਡਰ
- ਬਾਰਟੈਂਡਰ (bārṭaiṇḍar)person who works in a bar
Romanian barman, barmaniță
- barmanperson who works in a bar
- barmanițăperson who works in a bar
Russian ба́рмен, барме́н
- ба́рмен (bármɛn)person who works in a bar
- барме́н (barmɛ́n)person who works in a bar
- буфе́тчик (bufétčik)person who works in a bar
- буфе́тчица (bufétčica)person who works in a bar
Spanish bartender, barténder
- bartenderperson who works in a bar
- barténderperson who works in a bar
- barmanperson who works in a bar
- baristaperson who works in a bar
- cantineroperson who works in a bar
- coperoperson who works in a bar
- cocteleroperson who works in a bar
Swedish bartender
- bartenderperson who works in a bar
Turkish barmen
- barmenperson who works in a bar
Ukrainian барме́н
- барме́н (barmén)person who works in a bar
Cite this entry
bartender. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bartender
“bartender.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bartender. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bartender,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bartender.
Source: bartender on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.