as in waiter
a person who serves food or drink
asked the waitperson what she would recommend on the menu
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Noun
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Meanwhile, at Café Central, waiters dressed in waistcoats serve melange (a famed Viennese coffee) beneath vaulted ceilings once frequented by Trotsky and Freud.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025 -
The kitchen staff will place food items on a platter, which a robot waiter will roll to the correct table.—
Jenna Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
28 Aug. 2025
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After spending months in a FEMA trailer following devastating floods last winter, Caudill moved into a low-income apartment in a hollow outside of town with his partner, Cassie Collins, 31, a waitress who is recovering from substance abuse.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Read the issue » When a waitress stopped by, Kendall ordered cauliflower tacos with no sauce; Lockwood asked for fish ones without tortillas.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Waitperson.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waitperson. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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