COUNTERWOMAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does counterwoman mean? 

• COUNTERWOMAN (noun)
  The noun COUNTERWOMAN has 1 sense:

1. someone who attends a counter (as in a diner)

  Familiarity information: COUNTERWOMAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COUNTERWOMAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who attends a counter (as in a diner)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

counterman; counterperson; counterwoman

Hypernyms ("counterwoman" is a kind of...):

server; waiter (a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "counterwoman"):

soda jerk; soda jerker (someone who works at a soda fountain)