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
Those who came to Ingersoll to establish a new life for themselves pursued jobs as laborers, barbers and waiters, among other professions.
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Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
That’s the case for bartenders, waiters, delivery drivers and other employees.
—Kendrick Marshall, Sacramento Bee, 13 Feb. 2025
Those provisions would shift the tax burden around, away from specific classes of people (like waiters, people who put in a lot of overtime, car buyers who don't pay cash, and residents of high-tax states).
—Neil Irwin, Axios, 29 Jan. 2025
Van learns her cancer has stopped metastasizing and then Tai tells her about the waiter dying.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
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Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
That’s the case for bartenders, waiters, delivery drivers and other employees.
—Kendrick Marshall, Sacramento Bee, 13 Feb. 2025
Those provisions would shift the tax burden around, away from specific classes of people (like waiters, people who put in a lot of overtime, car buyers who don't pay cash, and residents of high-tax states).
—Neil Irwin, Axios, 29 Jan. 2025
Van learns her cancer has stopped metastasizing and then Tai tells her about the waiter dying.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Waiter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waiter. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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