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waiter
/ ˈɱɪə /
noun
a man whose occupation is to serve at table, as in a restaurant
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
a person who waits
a tray or salver on which dishes, etc, are carried
Gender Note
Other Word Forms
- waiterless adjective
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
"It's another couple of months, or they are working on the routine list, or working on the long waiters," she said.
The other two people allegedly involved in the singer’s demise — another hotel employee and a waiter — remained in pretrial detention.
The waiters and kitchen staff are also sworn to secrecy and cannot leave the grounds for the duration of the conclave.
Reporters have then been grilling waiters on what they might have overheard.
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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