Examples of waiter in a Sentence
waiters at that elegant restaurant must go through an extended training program before being allowed to serve customers
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His identification with his identity as a waiter provides a refuge from the overwhelming terror of existential freedom.
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 May 2025
Why should a waiter who earns $100,000 per year in a high-end restaurant pay less tax than a school teacher or firefighter who makes the same?
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 25 May 2025
There's good news for the nation's wealthiest, car buyers, parents, waiters and waitresses in legislation that passed the U.S. House early in the morning on May 22.
—Riley Beggin, USA Today, 23 May 2025
That includes waiters, bartenders, and delivery drivers.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 21 May 2025
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 May 2025
Why should a waiter who earns $100,000 per year in a high-end restaurant pay less tax than a school teacher or firefighter who makes the same?
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 25 May 2025
There's good news for the nation's wealthiest, car buyers, parents, waiters and waitresses in legislation that passed the U.S. House early in the morning on May 22.
—Riley Beggin, USA Today, 23 May 2025
That includes waiters, bartenders, and delivery drivers.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 21 May 2025
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“Waiter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waiter. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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waiter
noun
wait·er
ˈwāt-ər 
: one that waits
especially
: a person who waits tables (as in a restaurant)
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