ˌsȯməlˈyā noun
( -s )
Etymology: French, wine steward, butler, from Middle French, court official charged with transportation of supplies, pack animal driver, from Old Provençal saumalier pack animal driver, from sauma pack animal, load of a pack animal, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin sauma packsaddle (whence Medieval Latin sauma ), from Late Latin sagma — more at sumpter
: a waiter in a restaurant who has charge of wines and their service : a wine steward