tapster
pronunciation
How to pronounce tapster in British English:
UK ['tæpstə]
How to pronounce tapster in American English:
US ['tæpstə]
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- Noun:
- a tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks
Word Origin
- tapster (n.)
- "person employed to tap liquors," Old English tæppestre "female tavern-keeper, hostess at an inn, woman employed to tap liquors," fem of tæppere, from tæppa "tap" (see tap (n.1)) + fem. ending -ster. The distinction of gender in the word was lost by 15c., and by 1630s re-feminized tapstress is attested.
Example
- 1. Palm - wine drinkard his dead palm - wine tapster dead s town .