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waiter

[wey-ter]

noun

  1. a person, especially a man, who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.

  2. a tray for carrying dishes, a tea service, etc.; salver.

  3. a person who waits or awaits.

  4. Obsolete.an attendant.



verb (used without object)

  1. to work or serve as a waiter.

    to waiter in a restaurant.

waiter

/ ˈɱɪə /

noun

  1. a man whose occupation is to serve at table, as in a restaurant

  2. an attendant at the London Stock Exchange or Lloyd's who carries messages: the modern equivalent of waiters who performed these duties in the 17th-century London coffee houses in which these institutions originated

  3. a person who waits

  4. a tray or salver on which dishes, etc, are carried

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Gender Note

See -person.
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Other Word Forms

  • waiterless adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of waiter1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; wait, -er 1
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"It's another couple of months, or they are working on the routine list, or working on the long waiters," she said.

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The other two people allegedly involved in the singer’s demise — another hotel employee and a waiter — remained in pretrial detention.

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The waiters and kitchen staff are also sworn to secrecy and cannot leave the grounds for the duration of the conclave.

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Reporters have then been grilling waiters on what they might have overheard.

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He briefly appeared on Weekend Update as an Applebee’s waiter, referencing his hit song “Beautiful Things,” which Boone didn’t perform.

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