Word Meanings - TAVERNMAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The keeper of a tavern; also, a tippler.
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- TAVERNER
One who keeps a tavern. Chaucer. Camden. - TAVERNING
A feasting at taverns. "The misrule of our tavernings." Bp. Hall. - TAVERNMAN
The keeper of a tavern; also, a tippler. - TIPPLER
1. One who keeps a tippling-house. Latimer. 2. One who habitually indulges in the excessive use of spirituous liquors, whether he becomes intoxicated or not. - KEEPER
1. One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything. 2. One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a prison and the charge of prisoners. 3. One who has the care, custody, or superintendence of - TAVERN
A public house where travelers and other transient guests are accomodated with rooms and meals; an inn; a hotel; especially, in modern times, a public house licensed to sell liquor in small quantities. - KEEPERSHIP
The office or position of a keeper. Carew. - OUTKEEPER
An attachment to a surveyor's compass for keeping tally in chaining. - INNKEEPER
An innholder. - POUNDKEEPER; POUND-KEEPER
The keeper of a pound. - CROWKEEPER
A person employed to scare off crows; hence, a scarecrow. Scaring the ladies like a crowkeeper. Shak. - BOOKKEEPER
One who keeps accounts; one who has the charge of keeping the books and accounts in an office. - SHOPKEEPER
A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail; -- in distinction from one who sells by wholesale. Addison. - HOUSEKEEPER
1. One who occupies a house with his family; a householder; the master or mistress of a family. Locke. 2. One who does, or oversees, the work of keeping house; as, his wife is a good housekeeper; often, a woman hired to superintend the servants - DOORKEEPER
One who guards the entrance of a house or apartment; a porter; a janitor. - BARKEEPER
One who keeps or tends a bar for the sale of liquors. - GAMEKEEPER
One who has the care of game, especially in a park or preserve. Blackstone. - BOXKEEPER
An attendant at a theater who has charge of the boxes. - UNDERKEEPER
A subordinate keeper or guardian. Gray. - STOREKEEPER
1. A man in charge of stores or goods of any kind; as, a naval storekeeper. 2. One who keeps a "store;" a shopkeeper. See 1st Store, 3.