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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Aspiring actor Jason Cohen is a happy-go-lucky server who has charmed everyone at SUR.
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Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2025
The installer used HijackLoader to drop the Rhadamanthys payload, which then connected to rotating control servers every few days to avoid detection.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
OysterVPN adds an extra layer of protection with AES 256-bit encryption, a zero-logs policy, and servers in over 33 countries for global, anonymous browsing.
—PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2025
Your device connects first to a VPN server (which could be anywhere in the country or the world), and that server then connects to the website or service on your behalf.
—Ken Colburn, AZCentral.com, 3 Nov. 2025
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Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2025
The installer used HijackLoader to drop the Rhadamanthys payload, which then connected to rotating control servers every few days to avoid detection.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
OysterVPN adds an extra layer of protection with AES 256-bit encryption, a zero-logs policy, and servers in over 33 countries for global, anonymous browsing.
—PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2025
Your device connects first to a VPN server (which could be anywhere in the country or the world), and that server then connects to the website or service on your behalf.
—Ken Colburn, AZCentral.com, 3 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for server
Noun
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Shawnie Russell, a 22-year-old waiter at a diner in an adjacent town, said the singer’s ICE lyric hit close to home.—
Tyler Kingkade,
NBC news,
31 Oct. 2025
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Someone has to dive for it — either you, a tablemate who is nearer, or a waiter.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
29 Oct. 2025
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The man previously on Florida’s Death Row for beating, stabbing and strangling a La Carreta waitress with a rice cooker — before lighting a blaze to destroy key evidence — should be condemned to die, Miami prosecutors told a jury after detailing the slaying on Wednesday morning.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
5 Nov. 2025
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In the latter, Ladd played Flo, a candid and cutting waitress who shows her softer side while befriending Ellen Brustyn’s Alice.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Server.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/server. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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