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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 51Թ Forms

  • ɲİ· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of waiter1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; wait, -er 1
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Watching it is like seeing a waiter skip over with a covered silver platter, only to remove the top to reveal a watered-down, Cocomelon-level satire for iPad babies, dripping from the dish.

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A restaurant waiter by profession, Servín still seeks the remains of his son, who disappeared in 2018, at the age of 20.

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“I went back again later, and the bill was like 800 bucks. I tipped the waiter 100% and wrote ‘Texas money’ on the receipt.

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“There’s the back door for drunk celebrities,” she says, pointing behind me as a waiter approaches, then turns away.

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Police initially arrested two men - a taxi driver and a nightclub waiter - who are believed to have been among the last to see him alive.

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