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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Harkin fusses over every detail; from the view from their table to the freshness of the asparagus and if the right kind of booze is behind the bar, driving waiters nuts.
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Robert Leonard, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2024
There was also a 192-meter-up Skywalk the waiter told them about.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 30 July 2024
Restaurants without waiter service — and takeout coffee places — now come with pressure to tip.
—Virginia Postrel, The Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2024
After enlisting in the Navy at 17, Delon returned to France in 1956 and found work as a porter, clerk, and waiter in Montmartre and Halles.
—Giacomo Aricò, Vogue, 19 Aug. 2024
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Robert Leonard, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2024
There was also a 192-meter-up Skywalk the waiter told them about.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 30 July 2024
Restaurants without waiter service — and takeout coffee places — now come with pressure to tip.
—Virginia Postrel, The Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2024
After enlisting in the Navy at 17, Delon returned to France in 1956 and found work as a porter, clerk, and waiter in Montmartre and Halles.
—Giacomo Aricò, Vogue, 19 Aug. 2024
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“Waiter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waiter. Accessed 9 Oct. 2024.
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