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
Fresh fruit juices and local soy milk line up neatly along the walls like waiters.
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Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2026
There were no waiters with tiny hors d’oeuvres.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 30 Dec. 2025
The waiters were on top of their game.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 29 Dec. 2025
Roving waiters circulated, offering caviar bumps and freshly shucked oysters to a crowd swaddled in fur and cowboy boots, carrying dogs decked out in sunglasses, mini cowboy hats, and Moncler puffers.
—Rachel Marlowe, Vanity Fair, 22 Dec. 2025
Plastic fruits like these grapes let the waiters know which order to deliver to which table.
—Tamara Shopsin, Travel + Leisure, 16 Dec. 2025
At restaurants, waiters would ignore me for long stretches—not out of rudeness, but because lingering is just built into the culture.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 9 Dec. 2025
Many times, the restaurant will distribute that amount to waiters, the kitchen staff and others.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
Oh yeah, my dad speaks this specific dialect called Taishanese, and one of the waiters spoke it.
—James Factora, Them., 27 Oct. 2025
Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2026
There were no waiters with tiny hors d’oeuvres.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 30 Dec. 2025
The waiters were on top of their game.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 29 Dec. 2025
Roving waiters circulated, offering caviar bumps and freshly shucked oysters to a crowd swaddled in fur and cowboy boots, carrying dogs decked out in sunglasses, mini cowboy hats, and Moncler puffers.
—Rachel Marlowe, Vanity Fair, 22 Dec. 2025
Plastic fruits like these grapes let the waiters know which order to deliver to which table.
—Tamara Shopsin, Travel + Leisure, 16 Dec. 2025
At restaurants, waiters would ignore me for long stretches—not out of rudeness, but because lingering is just built into the culture.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 9 Dec. 2025
Many times, the restaurant will distribute that amount to waiters, the kitchen staff and others.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
Oh yeah, my dad speaks this specific dialect called Taishanese, and one of the waiters spoke it.
—James Factora, Them., 27 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for waiters
servers
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Although the ordering is all digital, food and drinks will still be delivered to guests by servers.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
9 Jan. 2026
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Costs were lower overall and performance was faster since Intel’s chips don’t have to connect to cloud servers to process requests, according to Intel spokesperson Nina Mehlhaf.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Waiters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waiters. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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