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
The waiter emerged from the Ljubljana restaurant with a smile.
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Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
During Prohibition, waiters famously slipped sips of bootleg booze to patrons from flasks tucked inside their apron pockets.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
When the waiter clears his pasta, Niccol asks for a cappuccino.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Parsons’ episode — filmed before he was traded to the Green Bay Packers in August — will feature him as a waiter at an event for Cowboys fans.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Sep. 2025
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Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
During Prohibition, waiters famously slipped sips of bootleg booze to patrons from flasks tucked inside their apron pockets.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
When the waiter clears his pasta, Niccol asks for a cappuccino.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Parsons’ episode — filmed before he was traded to the Green Bay Packers in August — will feature him as a waiter at an event for Cowboys fans.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for waiter
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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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Our waitress accommodated a few kid-specific adjustment requests without much trouble, making for an overall pleasant experience.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Oct. 2025
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The connections to the servers in the landing station a mile away had been installed, and a spaghetti of thick black cables lay concealed in the cube below the manhole.—
Samanth Subramanian,
The Dial,
14 Oct. 2025
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Over the span of seven months, the bot reached 700,000 users, far beyond what his low-cost servers could handle, forcing him to shut it down.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Waiter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waiter. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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