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waitpersons

noun

variants or waitpeople

plural of waitperson

as in waiters

a person who serves food or drink asked the waitperson what she would recommend on the menu

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As waiters in black suits served steak and peach cobbler, Rick Perry, the former Texas governor and the former Republican Presidential candidate, and the chairman of Americans for Ibogaine, leaped to his feet.

— Michelle Lhooq, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026
Escobar even handpicked the guards, who doubled as waiters and bartenders during the many parties.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 July 2026

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