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sommelier

UK /ˌsɒmˈmɛli.ə/US /ˌsɔməlˈjeɪ/

noun 1
verb 1
forms 3

noun1

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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.
- The sommelier recommended the perfect wine, opened the bottle with panache, and served it into glasses.

verb1

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(rare) To act as a sommelier.
- The final nerve-wracking task involved “sommeliering” throughout a gourmet lunch for judges and wine writers – and answering the tricky questions which were inevitably thrown their way. — 1993

forms

sommeliered · sommeliering · sommeliers

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