Waiter

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  • noun. One who serves at a table, as in a restaurant.
  • noun. A tray or salver.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A watcher.
  • noun. A watchman; a guard or keeper.
  • noun. One who waits; one who abides in expectation of the happening of some event, the arrival of some appointed time, some opportunity, or the like.
  • noun. A domestic servant.
  • noun. A waiting-woman.
  • noun. A man-servant who waits at table: applied more commonly to those who serve in hotels or restaurants.
  • noun. An officer in the employ of the British custom-house. See coast-waiter, tide-waiter.
  • noun. A tray; a salver.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who, or that which, waits; an attendant; a servant in attendance, esp. at table.
  • noun. A vessel or tray on which something is carried, as dishes, etc.; a salver.
  • noun. See under Coast, n.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A male or sometimes female attendant who serves customers in a restaurant, cafe or similar.
  • noun. Someone who waits for somebody or something, a person who is waiting, the one waiting.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a person who waits or awaits
  • noun. a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)
  • Word Usage
    "WHEN WE THINK of the apostles—those stalwart disciples of Jesus—the word waiter usually does not immediately come to mind."
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