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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The 90-minute feature about the Scottish island group starts in one summer evening in 1994 when a masked man walks calmly into the only Indian restaurant in the remote islands and shoots a waiter dead before disappearing into the night.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
6 June 2025 -
The members of my party have the gall to request several of these demonic items from the livid waiter.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2025
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The internet has weighed in after a waitress lost a tip on a $300+ tab for repeatedly failing to bring one thing.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 May 2025
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Anderson proves worthy of some knockout emotional moments, Jamie Lee Curtis shines as a feisty cocktail waitress, and Dave Bautista steals scenes as the show's pensive stage manager.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
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“Waitperson.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waitperson. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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