as in waitress
a person who serves food or drink
waiters at that elegant restaurant must go through an extended training program before being allowed to serve customers
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Recent Examples of waiter
One regular client is a waiter from a nearby restaurant.
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Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 11 May 2025
Notably, kitchen staff and waiters are also sworn to secrecy and confined to Vatican grounds for the duration of the conclave.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
My first decent job was as a waiter at Oliver’s Bakery Restaurant in Toronto.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
With a delicate flower tucked behind her ear, the dog sits patiently as a waiter walks past, seemingly unnoticed.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
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Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 11 May 2025
Notably, kitchen staff and waiters are also sworn to secrecy and confined to Vatican grounds for the duration of the conclave.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
My first decent job was as a waiter at Oliver’s Bakery Restaurant in Toronto.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
With a delicate flower tucked behind her ear, the dog sits patiently as a waiter walks past, seemingly unnoticed.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for waiter
Recent Examples of Synonyms for waiter
Noun
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The waitress entered the restroom to check, and the man followed her, taking out a gun and choking her, deputies said.—
Sara Schilling,
Sacbee.com,
23 May 2025
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Cheers' resilience across 11 years and 11 seasons is largely thanks to the charismatic cast — playing a myriad of beer-slingers, waitresses, and barflies — whom the creative team routinely mixed up and elaborated upon to great success.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
21 May 2025
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According to the privacy policy accessible in Apple TV boxes' settings, Apple boxes automatically send all Siri requests to Apple's servers.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
1 June 2025
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After seeing Mimi feed Luis a bit of snail, the server was quick to address the issue.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 May 2025
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“Waiter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waiter. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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