as in waiter
a person who serves food or drink
we had barely finished ordering when the server brought our salads
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Recent Examples of server
Connect to a server in Belgium.
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Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 13 June 2026
Whipping out a camera the moment a restaurant server brings a meal or a favorite performer appears onstage.
—Audrey Pachuta, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
The Unite Here Local Eleven union represent over 2,000 workers at the venue who largely work in food and beverage concessions, including cooks, dishwashers, servers and bartenders.
—Adam Crafton, New York Times, 12 June 2026
The attackers also left available a staging server containing tools used in the attack.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 12 June 2026
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Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 13 June 2026
Whipping out a camera the moment a restaurant server brings a meal or a favorite performer appears onstage.
—Audrey Pachuta, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
The Unite Here Local Eleven union represent over 2,000 workers at the venue who largely work in food and beverage concessions, including cooks, dishwashers, servers and bartenders.
—Adam Crafton, New York Times, 12 June 2026
The attackers also left available a staging server containing tools used in the attack.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 12 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for server
Noun
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My regular waiter, Ryan, always had a glass of orange juice waiting for me at breakfast; my cabin attendant Sabrine kept my fridge stocked with sparkling water; and bartender Dennis always had my cocktail ready to go for me following dinner.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 June 2026
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It’s called the Zeigarnik effect, first studied by the Soviet psychologist Bluma Zeigarnik in 1927, after her professor observed that waiters remembered the details of unpaid orders but forgot orders whose bills had been settled.—
Patricia Marx,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
Noun
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By now, however, most know him as the lovable, cello-playing geek Leonard Hofstadter who married the pretty blonde waitress.—
Lincee Ray,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 June 2026
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For just a little while, let yourself get lost in the off-kilter world and fun details of the artworks, from the cat-eye glasses made out of forks on the waitress to the mermaid’s tail, made entirely from tin can tops.—
Alissa Greenberg,
Mercury News,
15 June 2026
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“Server.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/server. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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