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
Come dinnertime, waiters clad in starched jackets pour dry local wines and serve hearty portions of homemade pasta with a flourish.
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Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2025
First, the waiters bring out a tray of poblano peppers topped with a green, white and red bow.
—Eyder Peralta, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025
During Prohibition, waiters famously slipped sips of bootleg booze to patrons from flasks tucked inside their apron pockets.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
On the acting front, Von and David Spade are starring in the buddy comedy Busboys, with the duo having co-written the script and self-financed the project set in an Arizona border town and around two pals who mistakenly believe that becoming waiters will solve all of their problems.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
And finally… Celebrating the heritage of French cafés, Paris’s 100-year-old waiters’ race has become an iconic tradition in the city.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
Candles are lit on each table, and waiters offer appetizers, main courses and dessert.
—Kansas City Star, 19 Sep. 2025
Determined to keep every member of her staff employed, Lee transformed the restaurants into pizza production lines, turning waiters into delivery drivers and prep cooks.
—Claudia Alarcón, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
My entire childhood was being the boss’s son and having all the Scottish and Irish waitresses and waiters, the Russian guy making fruit salads, the Hungarian guy who made the Jell-O molds and the Haitian guys in the kitchen busting my chops for being the boss’s son.
—Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 15 Aug. 2025
Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2025
First, the waiters bring out a tray of poblano peppers topped with a green, white and red bow.
—Eyder Peralta, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025
During Prohibition, waiters famously slipped sips of bootleg booze to patrons from flasks tucked inside their apron pockets.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
On the acting front, Von and David Spade are starring in the buddy comedy Busboys, with the duo having co-written the script and self-financed the project set in an Arizona border town and around two pals who mistakenly believe that becoming waiters will solve all of their problems.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
And finally… Celebrating the heritage of French cafés, Paris’s 100-year-old waiters’ race has become an iconic tradition in the city.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
Candles are lit on each table, and waiters offer appetizers, main courses and dessert.
—Kansas City Star, 19 Sep. 2025
Determined to keep every member of her staff employed, Lee transformed the restaurants into pizza production lines, turning waiters into delivery drivers and prep cooks.
—Claudia Alarcón, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
My entire childhood was being the boss’s son and having all the Scottish and Irish waitresses and waiters, the Russian guy making fruit salads, the Hungarian guy who made the Jell-O molds and the Haitian guys in the kitchen busting my chops for being the boss’s son.
—Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for waiters
servers
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Semiconductors and the servers that sit inside data centers have underpinned the development of artificial intelligence models and applications.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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On average, such facilities can consume 500,000 gallons of water on a daily basis, mostly to cool computer servers.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Waiters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waiters. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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