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
Attorney General Andrea Campbell’s office has fined two swanky Beacon Hill restaurants more than $420,000 for shortchanging waiters of a 3% service fee the Boston establishments were charging customers.
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Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
While Southerners can keep a secret to their graves, Kennedy and Bessette opted to have caterers, waiters, and other reception staff sign confidentiality agreements, too, according to People.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 5 Mar. 2026
Breakfast was beneath the shade of a lime tree, and later, over dinner in the town’s compact piazza, our waiter pointed out various corners that had doubled as scene locations in a television series called Ripley.
—Vic O'Sullivan, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2026
But the court also upheld the pre-trial detention of a hotel worker and a waiter at a local restaurant who were accused of plying him with cocaine.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 4 Mar. 2026
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Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
While Southerners can keep a secret to their graves, Kennedy and Bessette opted to have caterers, waiters, and other reception staff sign confidentiality agreements, too, according to People.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 5 Mar. 2026
Breakfast was beneath the shade of a lime tree, and later, over dinner in the town’s compact piazza, our waiter pointed out various corners that had doubled as scene locations in a television series called Ripley.
—Vic O'Sullivan, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2026
But the court also upheld the pre-trial detention of a hotel worker and a waiter at a local restaurant who were accused of plying him with cocaine.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 4 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for waiter
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Kordia had come to the US first on a tourist visa and then transitioned to a student visa, studying English while working as a waitress and at a clothing store and helping care for her US citizen mother and brother, her attorneys said.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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The restaurant is so close to the detention facility that waitress Valerie Tellez frequently drives there to make food deliveries.—
Lexi Salazar,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Most servers currently earn well over the minimum wage — more than double in many cases — after tips.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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In 2021, as part of a wave of attacks on NASA and military bases, a North Korean hacking team infected a Kansas hospital’s computer systems with ransomware, crippling servers and demanding roughly $100,000 in bitcoin to restore their function.—
Lisa Cavazuti,
NBC news,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Waiter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waiter. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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