barman, barmaid

are the British English names for a man and woman respectively who serve drinks at a bar. The American English equivalents are barkeeper (or barkeep) and bartender, although the gender distinction is less clear-cut. In British English the gender-neutral form barperson is available, but is rarely used outside the anodyne and politically correct world of job advertisements.

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