tavernkeeperとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

tavernkeeper (plural tavernkeepers)

1. One who keeps a tavern.

   Synonyms: jerry-lord, taverner

   • 2009 September 19, Randy Kennedy, “Uncovering a Small Town (and Some Tall Tales)”, in New York Times‎:

     Mr. Hautekiet, 41, a large, friendly man with a seemingly endless supply of facts about the town, said that all attempts to locate former residents of Goverthing had been fruitless, though one —— the tavernkeeper —— had been found in a retirement home in Brooklyn, where he has refused for decades to speak of the town, its uneasy relationship with the Army or its demise.