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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 Jalsa has excellent food, leisurely service, and a robot waiter of unclear utility. — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 Sparing no detail, as my spaghetti arrived, my waiter fixed a bib over my dress to protect it from rogue splatters. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026 After the appetizers, waiters arrived in unison to lift silver cloches and reveal blushes, and eyeliners appeared once the main course was cleared. — Vogue, 5 Oct. 2026 A lot of the appeal of going to theaters is that the performance remains a mystery right up until showtime, a benefit that stealthy filming could threaten, said Bradley, a waiter and theatre director. — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for waiter

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Eventually got a job at a drug store as a saleslady, at a barbecue place as a waitress.

— Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
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

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Under the arrangement with Discover-Tech, targets with specific profiles of interest to the Candiru customers received ads that carried JavaScript or other code that connected to Candiru’s control servers.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026
Trillion-dollar companies are spending, and borrowing, big sums for servers, memory and other components that will be used in data centers.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2026

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