waiter
IPA: wˈeɪtɝ
noun
- A male or female attendant who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar.
- Someone who waits for somebody or something; a person who is waiting.
- (historical) A person working as an attendant at the London Stock Exchange.
- (obsolete) A vessel or tray on which something is carried, as dishes, etc.; a salver. (See etymology of dumbwaiter.)
- (obsolete) A custom house officer; a tide waiter.
- (obsolete) A watchman.
verb
- (stative) To work as a waiter.
Examples of "waiter" in Sentences
- The waiters brought dishes of food.
- The waiter gave us only a serving of cake.
- The waiter then counts the corpses in the picture.
- The waiter disappeared towards the end of the night.
- In the movie he is the head waiter of a hotel dining room.
- In the movie, he is the head waiter of a hotel dining room.
- Arthur is a waiter at a diner in the beginning of the movie.
- Later, the tourist was kicked out of the restaurant by the waiter.
- In the end, the waiter whom the man met in the restaurant was the suspect.
- Brewster is also the waiter of The Roost, and offers the player coffee each day.