WordNet
n. the keeper of a public house [syn: publican]
Usage examples of "tavern keeper".
The tavern keeper knew him by name, greeting him simply as Kai, not ".
Fights are simultaneous things: in one moment, I readied myself to kick him as he came out from under the table, the tavern keeper roared, 'I've called for the guard!
For a small crowd, indeed, a half multitude, had gathered around while the tavern keeper and Mack were holding their colloquy.
In a moment the tavern keeper was there and he reached for the coin.
His friends had turned to look at me as well, most of them chuckling, and a cold knot tightened in my middle when the tavern keeper put one hand on the counter but didn't say a word.
I spoke to the tavern keeper, asking him who had been drinking there the night before.