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
Deftly twisting between two women in fedora hats, a waiter handed me a pisco sour.
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Monisha Rajesh, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2024
Served by impeccably dressed waiters, guests sipped from crystal goblets and ate from fine porcelain using silver cutlery.
—Oscar Holland, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
At the cafés and restaurants, the waiters knew enough to seat him by himself.
—Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
Trump has promised mass deportations of undocumented immigrations to extend his 2017 tax cuts and slash taxes for many specific groups of Americans, ranging from waiters and police officers to Americans living abroad and caregivers.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 30 Oct. 2024
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Monisha Rajesh, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2024
Served by impeccably dressed waiters, guests sipped from crystal goblets and ate from fine porcelain using silver cutlery.
—Oscar Holland, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
At the cafés and restaurants, the waiters knew enough to seat him by himself.
—Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
Trump has promised mass deportations of undocumented immigrations to extend his 2017 tax cuts and slash taxes for many specific groups of Americans, ranging from waiters and police officers to Americans living abroad and caregivers.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 30 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for waiter
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“Waiter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waiter. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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