Thesaurus results for WAITRESS

waitress

noun

Definition of waitress

as in bartender

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Recent Examples of waitress Litt also posted that a longtime waitress at Hygrade Deli will be back. — Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2026 This over-the-top Courtney tries out jobs like therapist, waitress, and flight attendant, pulling audience members up to the stage to be her clients. — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2026 Johnny Depp was born in Owensboro, Kentucky in 1963, the youngest of four children to Betty Sue Palmer, a waitress, and John Christopher Depp, a civil engineer. — Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 14 Aug. 2026 Cooke, a nonprofit owner and former waitress, hopes the better political environment will be her edge after failing to get out of the Democratic primary in 2022 and losing to Van Orden by about 3 percentage points in 2024. — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for waitress

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Noun

There were half-drunk espresso martinis on nearly every surface after Heather Dubrow tried to drink the bartender out of coffee.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
The show starts in the year 1985, when Henki Hauge Karlsen, a 28-year-old gay bartender, is fired after disclosing that he is infected with HIV.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of bartender

Noun

A lot of the appeal of going to theaters is that the performance remains a mystery right up until showtime, a benefit that stealthy filming could threaten, said Bradley, a waiter and theatre director.

— Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
At the time they were cast in Heated Rivalry, Williams and Storrie were both working as waiters.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of waiter

Noun

The black-and-white clip, punctuated with fun animations, finds Rose and their band performing the song in an empty bar with a barkeep (played by Simpson) who goes from wiping counters to rocking out.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026
Henry Winkler plays the oddball mayor, Lena Headey the town barkeep.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of barkeep

Noun

Slowly, the Royal Prince of Hungary, Bohemia, and Croatia gets to his feet and places his spindly arms around the barman, who is old enough to be his father.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
Or, even better, a cocktail devised by the famed barman Frank Meier, a historical figure who is central to the novel.

— David Denby, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

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