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
Meanwhile, at Café Central, waiters dressed in waistcoats serve melange (a famed Viennese coffee) beneath vaulted ceilings once frequented by Trotsky and Freud.
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Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 3 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
As Thursday’s episode opens, Carrie dines alone at a futuristic Asian restaurant with robot waiters whizzing past.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 14 Aug. 2025
Here, robot waiters will serve dishes cooked and prepared by robotic chefs.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2025
Many other countries pay waiters, hotel staff and other service workers good wages, so tipping is not part of the culture.
—Jenny Peters, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025
Diners are pulling back on tipping, but waiters and table bussers are still coming out narrowly ahead.
—J.j. McCorvey, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2024
Here, like Kings and Queens, you’ll be called into the Alain Ducasse restaurant by the bang of a wooden staff—with waiters dressed in period costumes (designed by Terre et Ciel).
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Now, menswear has changed so much that bow ties register as pedestrian garb better suited to waiters than to revelers.
—Tom Stubbs, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2024
Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 3 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
As Thursday’s episode opens, Carrie dines alone at a futuristic Asian restaurant with robot waiters whizzing past.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 14 Aug. 2025
Here, robot waiters will serve dishes cooked and prepared by robotic chefs.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2025
Many other countries pay waiters, hotel staff and other service workers good wages, so tipping is not part of the culture.
—Jenny Peters, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025
Diners are pulling back on tipping, but waiters and table bussers are still coming out narrowly ahead.
—J.j. McCorvey, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2024
Here, like Kings and Queens, you’ll be called into the Alain Ducasse restaurant by the bang of a wooden staff—with waiters dressed in period costumes (designed by Terre et Ciel).
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Now, menswear has changed so much that bow ties register as pedestrian garb better suited to waiters than to revelers.
—Tom Stubbs, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for waiters
servers
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High demand has crashed servers on Steam and other platforms.—
Meredith G. White,
AZCentral.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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There are more than 100 servers in more than 65 countries with 25 city-level options spread across the US and the UK.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Waiters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waiters. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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