cellarman

American  

[sel-er-muhn] / ˈsɛl ər mən /

noun

plural

cellarmen

1. a person who is in charge of the alcoholic-beverage supply of a hotel or restaurant.

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Etymology

Origin of cellarman

First recorded in 1650–60; cellar + -man

Example Sentences

His infant son was a breast-fed baby whose household at birth included a carver, a baker and a cellarman.

From Time Magazine Archive

On one occasion he sent for the cellarman, and complained that a particular bottling was not to his palate.

From The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems by Dudeney, Henry Ernest

Then there was “Don Saltero’s” tavern, kept by a tall Scotchman and his factotum, a little short fat man, a sort of “Joe Willett of the Maypole,” who was barman, cellarman, and waiter in one. 

From Rambling Recollections of Chelsea by an old inhabitant by Ellenor, J. B.

Use, ask for, take from my larder what you like; I appoint you cellarman.

From The Captiva and the Mostellaria by Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas)

"It is last year's wine," said our cellarman, returning with a bottle and drawing the cork.

From Glories of Spain by Wood, Charles W. (William)