counterman

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From counter + man.

1. A man who serves behind a counter, especially in a diner.

   “I looked for the counterman, seeing him serving a plate of pork chops and grits to a man with a pale blond moustache.”

   “There was a cashier up front and behind this long counter were about five countermen, evenly spaced. Each morning Joey and I would sit at the very last station in the back and chitchat with Tony, the counterman there who as a very old guy who usually got your order wrong.”