tapster

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English tappestere, from Old English tæppestre (“barmaid”), equivalent to tap +‎ -ster. === Noun === tapster (plural tapsters) (archaic) One whose business is to tap or draw ale or other liquor. Synonym: barkeep 1878, John Payne, Introduction, in François Villon, Poems, translated by John Payne, New York: Boni & Liveright, c. 1918, p. 33,[1] […] in a twinkling the accomplished sharper changes the pitchers and pretending to examine the contents, asks the tapster what kind of wine he has given him […] ==== Related terms ==== tapper tapstress === Further reading === “tapster”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “tapster”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === PERSTAT, Prattes, p'taters, partest, patters, perstat, spatter, trap set, trapset == Middle English == === Noun === tapster alternative form of tappestere