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

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Noun
  • His identification with his identity as a waiter provides a refuge from the overwhelming terror of existential freedom.
    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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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“Waitperson.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waitperson. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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