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
That's double the 100,000 SIM cards, along with hundreds of servers, that were recently seized at five other vacant offices and apartments in and around the city.
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Josh Margolin, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2025
But what if everyone stored their data on personal servers?
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Like server-farm-in-your-garage loud.
—New Atlas, 28 Sep. 2025
Customers could then be turned off to dining out and possibly switch to ordering through take-out, which could put her servers out of work.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2025
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Josh Margolin, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2025
But what if everyone stored their data on personal servers?
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Like server-farm-in-your-garage loud.
—New Atlas, 28 Sep. 2025
Customers could then be turned off to dining out and possibly switch to ordering through take-out, which could put her servers out of work.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for server
Noun
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Come dinnertime, waiters clad in starched jackets pour dry local wines and serve hearty portions of homemade pasta with a flourish.—
Jacqui Gifford,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Sep. 2025
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First, the waiters bring out a tray of poblano peppers topped with a green, white and red bow.—
Eyder Peralta,
NPR,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Multiple users focused on the age and tone of the waitress, who is not shown on camera but her Southern accent is clearly audible.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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In the film, a small-town killing spree lands on the doorstep of a rural diner, where a young waitress must fight for her life over the course of one long night.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Server.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/server. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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