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server

noun

ˈsər-vər

Definition of server

as in waiter

a person who serves food or drink we had barely finished ordering when the server brought our salads

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Recent Examples of server Apple’s system of servers is designed so that queries are not stored or made available to the company. — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 Our server reads our order back to us, shaking his head in theatrical disbelief. — Meredith Maran, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026 According to the paper’s sources, the deletion happened after Mastiff allowed an AI agent into the server. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 14 Oct. 2026 PeopleSoft grew like gangbusters, went public in 1992, and reached new heights as all of enterprise technology shifted away from the mainframe and toward personal computers networked to a common server. — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for server

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Here was the waiter striding toward them carrying Nina’s salad and a basket of bread.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
The waiter arrived, a young man named Tyler, who took our drink order.

— Larry Padgett, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of waiter

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Owner Lori Pack worked at Linda's for nearly 30 years, starting as a waitress before eventually taking over the restaurant.

— Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
Our waitress, Alina from Ukraine, was attentive and polite, informed about the menu and responsive to our questions.

— Barbara Ellis, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of waitress

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