sommelier
noun/səˈmelɪeɪ/, /ˈsɒməljeɪ/
/ˌsʌmlˈjeɪ/
(from French)- a person who works in a restaurant serving wine and helping customers to decide which wine to choose synonym wine waiterTopics Cooking and eatingc2Word Originearly 19th cent.: French, literally ‘butler’.
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