tavernkeeper

Etymology

From tavern + keeper.

tavernkeeper means one who keeps a tavern. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.

noun

One who keeps a tavern.“Mr. Hautekiet, 41, a large, friendly man with a seemingly endless supply of facts about the town, said that all attempts to locate former residents of Goverthing had been fruitless, though one — the tavernkeeper — had been found in a retirement home in Brooklyn, where he has refused for decades to speak of the town, its uneasy relationship with the Army or its demise.”