waitress

noun

wait·​ress ˈwā-trəs How to pronounce waitress (audio)
Synonyms of waitressnext
: a woman who waits tables (as in a restaurant)
waitress intransitive verb

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Melton was living and working as a waitress in Cape Coral, Fox 4 reported. Yasmeen Hamadeh, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026 Supposedly, their tradition started in 1977 when a waitress pinned her tip for good luck, and rumor has it today there’s more than a million dollars on the walls—and that it’s taxed every year. Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 21 Jan. 2026 Also last November, another jury said Rafael Andres should be sent back to Florida’s Death Row for beating, stabbing and strangling a La Carreta waitress with a rice-cooker cord in 2005. Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2026 Many of them are hoping to be the next Sophie Rain, a 23-year-old former waitress from Florida who has already made $82 million on the platform. Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for waitress

Word History

First Known Use

1818, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of waitress was in 1818

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“Waitress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waitress. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.

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waitress

noun
wait·​ress ˈwā-trəs How to pronounce waitress (audio)
: a woman who waits tables (as in a restaurant)
waitress verb

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