Dictionary

bargirl en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɑː(ɹ)ɡɜː(ɹ)l/ (UK)
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Etymology

From bar + girl.

Meanings

1. A woman who works as a hostess in a bar, typically in Southeast Asia and catering to male clients, and who may provide personal entertainment or sexual services.
   • San Francisco's local, for example, initially admitted bargirls, but following the public condemnation of bargirls in the late 1930s, the local appointed a committee to investigate the situation. 1991, Dorothy Cobble, Dishing It Out, University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, page 126:

Forms

Relateds

hostess · barmaid

Synonyms

B-girl · hostess