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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Take Je t’Aime Moi Non Plus, for instance, where, alongside Warhol star Joe Dallesandro, Birkin played a truck-stop waitress with bold, boyishly short hair. Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2025 That bartender in the Chinese restaurant; the woman who plays Faye’s manager [played by Odessa Young, Faye is a young single mother waitress who serves as a composite of the women Springsteen could not commit to as depression and demons raged in his brain]. Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2025 One was a firefighter whose overtime pay won’t be taxed, while another was a mother who works as a waitress whose tips won’t be taxed. Jared Gans, The Hill, 10 Dec. 2025 At Fritz and Franz Bierhaus in Coral Gables, the crowd was buzzing, waitresses carried heavy plates of sausage and sauerkraut and owner Harald Neuweg bounced from table to table. Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 6 Dec. 2025 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 21 Dec. 2025.

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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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