as in waitress
a person who serves food or drink
waiters at that elegant restaurant must go through an extended training program before being allowed to serve customers
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Recent Examples of waiter
Roving waiters circulated, offering caviar bumps and freshly shucked oysters to a crowd swaddled in fur and cowboy boots, carrying dogs decked out in sunglasses, mini cowboy hats, and Moncler puffers.
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Rachel Marlowe, Vanity Fair, 22 Dec. 2025
Plastic fruits like these grapes let the waiters know which order to deliver to which table.
—Tamara Shopsin, Travel + Leisure, 16 Dec. 2025
At restaurants, waiters would ignore me for long stretches—not out of rudeness, but because lingering is just built into the culture.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 9 Dec. 2025
But the real turning point in their flirtation comes via a run-in at a fancy gala that Kip is working at as a cater waiter.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
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Rachel Marlowe, Vanity Fair, 22 Dec. 2025
Plastic fruits like these grapes let the waiters know which order to deliver to which table.
—Tamara Shopsin, Travel + Leisure, 16 Dec. 2025
At restaurants, waiters would ignore me for long stretches—not out of rudeness, but because lingering is just built into the culture.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 9 Dec. 2025
But the real turning point in their flirtation comes via a run-in at a fancy gala that Kip is working at as a cater waiter.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for waiter
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To end the meal, our waitress tied red string bracelets with small wooden charms around our wrists, a gesture meant to bring good fortune in the year ahead.—
Angela Lian,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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In Bug, Carrie Coon's Agnes White — an Oklahoma waitress too exhausted to outrun her past — faces a more persistent threat.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Jan. 2026
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Costs were lower overall and performance was faster since Intel’s chips don’t have to connect to cloud servers to process requests, according to Intel spokesperson Nina Mehlhaf.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
8 Jan. 2026
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But should any table be celebrating a special event, the music suddenly goes to 11, and servers come out brandishing sparklers.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Waiter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waiter. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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