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
As Thursday’s episode opens, Carrie dines alone at a futuristic Asian restaurant with robot waiters whizzing past.
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Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 14 Aug. 2025
Toward the end of the meal, the waiter asked how things were.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2025
Here, robot waiters will serve dishes cooked and prepared by robotic chefs.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2025
Sure, why not an impression of a guy who responds to requests from a waiter with only weird facial expressions?
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
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Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 14 Aug. 2025
Toward the end of the meal, the waiter asked how things were.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2025
Here, robot waiters will serve dishes cooked and prepared by robotic chefs.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2025
Sure, why not an impression of a guy who responds to requests from a waiter with only weird facial expressions?
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for waiter
Recent Examples of Synonyms for waiter
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After spending months in a FEMA trailer following devastating floods last winter, Caudill moved into a low-income apartment in a hollow outside of town with his partner, Cassie Collins, 31, a waitress who is recovering from substance abuse.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Read the issue » When a waitress stopped by, Kendall ordered cauliflower tacos with no sauce; Lockwood asked for fish ones without tortillas.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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That can be done through a process server, law enforcement, a friend or relative or certified mail.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The company also provides hardware products and related software offerings, such as Oracle Engineered Systems, enterprise servers, storage solutions, industry-specific hardware, virtualization software, operating systems, management software, and hardware support services.—
Adam Sarhan,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Waiter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waiter. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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