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waiter
noun
A male or female attendant who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar.
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Word Facts
- Word length
- 6
- Starts with
- W
- Ends with
- R
- Contains
- AITE
- Scrabble score
- 9
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
How it sounds
Pronunciation
/ˈweɪtə/ /ˈweɪtɚ/
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Meaning
Definitions
noun
A male or female attendant who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar.
“Waiter! There's a fly in my soup.”
Someone who waits for somebody or something; a person who is waiting.
A person working as an attendant at the London Stock Exchange.
A vessel or tray on which something is carried, as dishes, etc.; a salver. (See etymology of dumbwaiter.)
A custom house officer; a tide waiter.
A watchman.
In context
Example Sentences
Waiter! There's a fly in my soup.