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waiter

[ wey-ter ]

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noun

a person, especially a man, who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
a tray for carrying dishes, a tea service, etc.; salver.
a person who waits or awaits.
Obsolete. an attendant.

verb (used without object)

to work or serve as a waiter:
to waiter in a restaurant.

waiter

/ ˈ�ɱ�ɪ��ə /

noun

a man whose occupation is to serve at table, as in a restaurant
an attendant at the London Stock Exchange or Lloyd's who carries messages: the modern equivalent of waiters who performed these duties in the 17th-century London coffee houses in which these institutions originated
a person who waits
a tray or salver on which dishes, etc, are carried

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Gender Note

See -person.

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Other Word Forms

�ɲ��İ�·�� adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of waiter¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; wait, -er ¹

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Rumour had it that some waiters were regime informants.

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Maybe it heard Self’s waiter hyping the coconut calamari.

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Watching it is like seeing a waiter skip over with a covered silver platter, only to remove the top to reveal a watered-down, Cocomelon-level satire for iPad babies, dripping from the dish.

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A restaurant waiter by profession, Servín still seeks the remains of his son, who disappeared in 2018, at the age of 20.

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“I went back again later, and the bill was like 800 bucks. I tipped the waiter 100% and wrote ‘Texas money’ on the receipt.

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Waite waitering

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