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sommelier

som·me·lier

UK/ˌsɒmˈmɛli.ə/ US/ˌsɔːməlˈjeɪ/ rare rare

noun

1.

a waiter who manages wine service in a hotel or restaurant

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Origin

Borrowed from French sommelier (“originally, a person in charge of the beasts of burden carrying wine”), from somme (“pack”) + -ier (suffix forming the names of jobs). somme is from Vulgar Latin *sauma, from Latin sagma (“packsaddle”).

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