Works as a bartender, serving drinks and mixing beverages at a bar or restaurant.
From 'bar' (a counter serving drinks) and 'tend' (to serve or manage), first appearing in English in the 1800s as bars became common establishments. The '-s' forms the third-person singular present tense.
The word 'bartender' is a perfect example of how English creates new jobs: as commercial bars exploded in 19th-century America, the language invented a brand new role. Today bartenders are treated as skilled mixologists and cultural tastemakers—a far cry from the simple drink-pourer the word originally described!
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