sommelier

IPA: sˈʌmɫiɝ

noun

  • The member of staff at a restaurant who keeps the wine cellar and advises the guests on a choice of wines; a wine steward / stewardess, a wine waiter / waitress / server.

verb

  • (rare) To act as a sommelier.
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Examples of "sommelier" in Sentences

  • The Hog filled in the other hands before he called the sommelier:
  • Now a sommelier is trying to break food-wine pairing down to a molecular level.
  • But if I did, I would be sure to throw in the word sommelier, because it does sound impressive.
  • The word sommelier (pronounced some-el-YAY) is derived from the Vulgar Latin word for "beast of burden," which may seem at odds with the image of a well-dressed man (or woman) proffering a wine list to a table of guests.

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