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waiter

noun

ˈwā-tər

Definition of waiter

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 My friend Erickson Wilcox, who was one of my waiters from Lot 61, came over and called out bingo. — Derek C. Blasberg, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026 Not bad for a story which begins with a waiter crossing a busy Los Angeles thoroughfare, and placing some Japanese-Peruvian fusion fare in a lift. — Nick Scott, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2026 For the latest episode of Travel, Unfiltered, Travel + Leisure spoke with waiters about what diners might not realize is happening at restaurants. — Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2026 Mianna's favorite part was watching her oldest son, Baylor, embrace his role as lead waiter. — Kelsey Monstrola, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for waiter

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There’s also a subplot involving John being blackmailed by a café waitress regarding him punching Hal right before he was killed.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
Plates and cake forks were distributed by a young waitress also borrowed from Lyons, from the Corner House on Coventry Street, who cut the cakes and handed round slices to the judges.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026

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The agent gained unauthorized access to the public-facing Medicare Statistics Reporting Service, enabling it to access both public and non-public files, and to write files to an internal server.

— Emily Forlini, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2026
Google is also looking to get in on the fun — and is now gearing up to launch a fridge-sized satellite with the equivalent computing power of a single server as soon as next week.

— Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 24 Sep. 2026

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