tavern keeper
Runs the inn
A tavern keeper is the owner or manager of a tavern—a pub or inn serving drinks and sometimes food and lodging.
The term sounds historical or literary today, evoking colonial America or medieval Europe: The tavern keeper poured another round of ale.
Modern equivalents include bartender, publican, or bar owner.
- innkeeperLodging establishment operator
- publicanKeeper of a tavern
- barkeepTavern drink server
- landlordProperty owner renting out
- bar tabAccumulated drink charges
ale · taproom · ale house · watering hole · mead · hearth · lodging · warm meal · patrons · counter · cask · draft · wench · hospitality · room and board · regulars · brew · flagon
- business ownersshop owner, shopkeeper, storekeeper, proprietor, sole proprietor
- pubspub, barroom, alehouse, public house, inn
- saloonsbarroom, bartender, barstool, swinging doors, whiskey
- tavernsinns, pubs, inn, innkeeper, innkeepers
- Medieval Womenabbess, noblewoman, lady, queen, duchess
- drink tradeliquor store, wine shop, bottle shop, bar manager, bartender
establishment ownership/control
tavern keeperbartender
One who serves drinks
barmaid · barman · tavern wench · serving girl · potboy
social atmosphere
tavern keeperprohibitionist
Advocate against legal alcohol
temperance advocate · teetotaler · abstainer · minister · preacher