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server

noun

ˈsər-vər

Definition of server

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 One of them appeared to distract the server while the other demanded money from the bartender. — CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026 Thunder Valley Casino Resort is hiring for more than 100 part-time and full-time positions ranging from food servers to front desk workers and emergency medical technicians. — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026 Meanwhile, drinks and warm dishes are delivered via the restaurant’s robot server. — Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 4 Nov. 2026 The hacker seems to have done so by infiltrating a content delivery network server from Level Infinite, and adding the malicious payload on September 27th. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for server

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The waiter’s recommendation of the Baked Alaska, flambéed theatrically tableside, was also a winner.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026
John Gore Studios has boarded Peter Hoar’s A Waiter in Paris, starring Leo Woodall (Tony) as a young British man attempting to make it as a Parisian waiter, as filming in the French capital.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2026

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Democrats see opportunity Cooke’s calm demeanor and focus on her part-time work as a waitress in the district mark a noticeable difference from the adrenalized campaign style of Van Orden.

— Dan Simmons, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026
Her parents had recently separated, and her mother, Alta Apantenco, was working as a waitress to support herself and her young daughter.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026

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