as in waitresses
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 waiters
Be sure to drop into the sultry Pine Bar—all low lighting and dark corners—which specializes in wonderfully creative cocktails, delivered in whimsical locked boxes by suave waiters in red-velvet smoking jackets.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 May 2026
One of the two waiters, the one who didn’t make sandwiches and was always at the bar, was the one who ruled the roost.
—Óscar Martínez, The Dial, 30 Apr. 2026
The most energetic of the waiters kept offering diners shots of pineapple rum.
—Adam Dalva, Longreads, 29 Apr. 2026
Colicchio yawned twice waiting for service, which backed up as waiters ran a slew of takeout orders out to the front.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 28 Apr. 2026
All of that was on plenty of minds as the audience started on spring pea and burrata salad and waiters prepared to serve a main course starring prime chateaubriand and Maine lobster.
—Calvin Woodward, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
The president was on stage, locked in conversation with CBS reporter Weijia Jiang; spread out in front of them were thousands of attendees, seated at more than 250 tables, as waiters cleared away their salads.
—Dan Diamond, Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2026
During an interview with The Star on Friday, waiters hustled through the space with plates.
—Jenna Thompson
april 16, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
Every staff member including the DJ, the waiters, the security, and the organizers was a woman.
—ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 May 2026
One of the two waiters, the one who didn’t make sandwiches and was always at the bar, was the one who ruled the roost.
—Óscar Martínez, The Dial, 30 Apr. 2026
The most energetic of the waiters kept offering diners shots of pineapple rum.
—Adam Dalva, Longreads, 29 Apr. 2026
Colicchio yawned twice waiting for service, which backed up as waiters ran a slew of takeout orders out to the front.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 28 Apr. 2026
All of that was on plenty of minds as the audience started on spring pea and burrata salad and waiters prepared to serve a main course starring prime chateaubriand and Maine lobster.
—Calvin Woodward, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
The president was on stage, locked in conversation with CBS reporter Weijia Jiang; spread out in front of them were thousands of attendees, seated at more than 250 tables, as waiters cleared away their salads.
—Dan Diamond, Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2026
During an interview with The Star on Friday, waiters hustled through the space with plates.
—Jenna Thompson
april 16, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
Every staff member including the DJ, the waiters, the security, and the organizers was a woman.
—ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for waiters
servers
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One transition scenario involves hybrid data centers where quantum machines do the heavy mathematical lifting while traditional servers handle the interactions with users.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Mercury News,
19 May 2026
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Pressure-resistant subsea modules housing nearly 2,000 servers are deployed underwater adjacent to offshore wind turbines, allowing the facility to draw electricity directly from renewable energy sources.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
19 May 2026
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“Waiters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waiters. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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