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sommelier
PRONUNCIATION:
(sum-uhl-YAY)
MEANING:
noun:
A wine steward in a restaurant.
ETYMOLOGY:
From French sommelier, from somm(er)ier (one charged with transporting
supplies), from somier (beast of burden), from somme (burden). From driving
a pack animal to drafting wine lists, a sommelier has come a long way.
A sommelier is to wine as a cicerone is to beer, though the latter has
recently been introduced and is not widespread.
USAGE:
"First class passengers, who will pay about $20,000 a ticket to Europe,
will have their own onboard sommelier to guide them through an array of
wines to accompany their five-star meals."
'Superbird' Flights Offer Five-star Luxury; Gold Coast News (Queensland,
Australia); Jun 17, 2008 .
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through. -Paul Valery, poet and philosopher (1871-1945)
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