barista

/bəˈɹɪs.tə/

UK: /bəˈɹɪs.tə/

BƏɹꞮS · tə (2 syllables)

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Definition

A person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian barista (“bartender”, literally “barist”), from bar (from English bar) + -ista (“-ist”); compare barman.

Example Sentences

  • ""From behind the counter of this provincial train station coffee shop, Joanna was barista and unofficial shrink to wildly varied London-bound travellers," writes author Laline Paull. Confessions of a Barista on Platform 1 was published on February 9 by The Firle Press [...]."
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