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waiter

noun

ˈwā-tər

Definition of waiter

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 For the latest episode of Travel, Unfiltered, Travel + Leisure spoke with waiters about what diners might not realize is happening at restaurants. — Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2026 Mianna's favorite part was watching her oldest son, Baylor, embrace his role as lead waiter. — Kelsey Monstrola, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026 Garcia has held various positions at the restaurant and hotel, working his way up from a hotel houseman to a waiter at the restaurant and now a manager. — Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026 Your table is ready, the waiter said, and Rebecca drained her glass and stood. — Emma Cline, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for waiter

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This over-the-top Courtney tries out jobs like therapist, waitress, and flight attendant, pulling audience members up to the stage to be her clients.

— Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2026
Cooke, a nonprofit owner and former waitress, hopes the better political environment will be her edge after failing to get out of the Democratic primary in 2022 and losing to Van Orden by about 3 percentage points in 2024.

— Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026

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That could give future Xiaomi vehicles considerably more onboard AI capacity, reducing the need to send certain computing workloads to external servers.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
During lunch, a familiar song came on and every server stopped, put down their trays, climbed onto the tables, and started dancing.

— Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Aug. 2026

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