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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈweɪtə^r/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈweɪtɚ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(wā′tər)

wait•er /ˈweɪtɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

a person, esp. a man, who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.

wait•er (wā′tər),USA pronunciation n.

a person, esp. a man, who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
a tray for carrying dishes, a tea service, etc.;
salver.
a person who waits or awaits.
[Obs.]an attendant.

v.i.

to work or serve as a waiter:to waiter in a restaurant.

1350–1400; Middle English; see wait, -er¹

wait′er•less, adj.

-person.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

waiter /ˈweɪtə/ n

someone, esp a man, whose occupation is to serve at table, as in a restaurant
an attendant at the London Stock Exchange or Lloyd's who carries messages: the modern equivalent of waiters who performed these duties in the 17th-century London coffee houses in which these institutions originated
a person who waits
a tray or salver on which dishes, etc, are carried

'waiter' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

commis - garçon - maître d'hôtel - wait - attention - boy - busboy - busgirl - crumb - demote - dumbwaiter - eye - gratuity - hasher - hash-slinger - headwaiter - jump - khidmatgar - landing-waiter - landwaiter - menu - mozo - niggardly - order - present - table - thrust - tip - waitering - waitperson - waitron - waitstaff - wine steward - yummy - self-service - serve - service - servile - set - sling - soak - sommelier - station - stiff - surly - swing

In Lists: Professions, Dining terms, PET Vocabulary List - W, more...

Synonyms: server, garçon, waitress, waitstaff, serving staff, more...

Collocations: a [cocktail, bar, nightclub, restaurant, personal] waiter, [a rude, a snappy, an efficient, a helpful] waiter, my name is [John], and I'll be your waiter [tonight, today], more...

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just like a waiter at a party,
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The waiter beamed fatly
The waiter grinning in practiced collusion
The waiter <had taken> my plate before I <finished> eating.
The waiter is holding the customer’s fork by the tines
The waiter is <offering> Peter his steak now, as is indicated by "would you like".
the waiter sent her wrong dish
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