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
Startup success can sometimes depend on infrastructure, whether that’s poles in the ground, servers in the cloud, or strong local network of investors and fellow founders who can help capitalize and guide startups.
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Tasmin Lockwood, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
The company makes an effort to remove underage accounts when discovered and limit access to adult-only servers (for those 18 years and older), but experts note that these protections are not foolproof.
—Alex Vance, Parents, 21 Oct. 2025
Habanero Cafe features attentive servers who take your order at your table, but payment happens at the counter in the front foyer.
—Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
Social Security officials have said there’s no security risk, but other executives have also warned about the concerns in putting that sort of private information on a cloud server.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
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Tasmin Lockwood, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
The company makes an effort to remove underage accounts when discovered and limit access to adult-only servers (for those 18 years and older), but experts note that these protections are not foolproof.
—Alex Vance, Parents, 21 Oct. 2025
Habanero Cafe features attentive servers who take your order at your table, but payment happens at the counter in the front foyer.
—Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
Social Security officials have said there’s no security risk, but other executives have also warned about the concerns in putting that sort of private information on a cloud server.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for server
Noun
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Brett joined Vanderpump Rules as Lisa Vanderpump's personal trainer and a waiter at her West Hollywood restaurant SUR in season 8.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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For those hoping for something more British, waiters at the Golden Lion Pub on Deck 3 were whizzing by with plates.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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So that was wonderful and the next minute the woman, waitress, air hostess, was carting grog down to the Warlps who decided to bring out the boomerangs and there was loud singing of love, then of country, then unfettered crying for Yuendumu, all in Warlpiri, and the grog kept flowing.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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Ye Fan for The New York Times Caroline Palmer was telling the story of how she got hired at Vogue in 2001 when a waitress at Tierney’s Tavern plunked two pints of beer and a pile of glistening onion rings on the table between us.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Server.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/server. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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