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waiter
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun waiter has 2 senses
- waiter(n = noun.person) server - a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant); Array has particulars: carhop, counterman, counterperson, counterwoman, sommelier, wine steward, wine waiter, waitress
- waiter(n = noun.person) Array - a person who waits or awaits; Array is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
is a kind of dining-room attendant, restaurant attendant
Derived form verb wait4
has particulars: lurcher, lurker, skulker
Derived forms verb wait3, verb wait1, verb wait2
CIDE DICTIONARY
waiter, n.
- One who, or that which, waits; an attendant; a servant in attendance, esp. at table. [1913 Webster]"The waiters stand in ranks; the yeomen cry,
“Make room,” as if a duke were passing by." [1913 Webster] - A vessel or tray on which something is carried, as dishes, etc.; a salver. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
waiter, n.
1 a man who serves at table in a hotel or restaurant etc.
2 a person who waits for a time, event, or opportunity.
3 a tray or salver.
1 a man who serves at table in a hotel or restaurant etc.
2 a person who waits for a time, event, or opportunity.
3 a tray or salver.
ROGET THESAURUS
waiter
Servant
N servant, subject, liegeman, servant, retainer, follower, henchman, servitor, domestic, menial, help, lady help, employe, attache, official, retinue, suite, cortege, staff, court, attendant, squire, usher, page, donzel, footboy, train bearer, cup bearer, waiter, lapster, butler, livery servant, lackey, footman, flunky, flunkey, valet, valet de chambre, equerry, groom, jockey, hostler, ostler, tiger, orderly, messenger, cad, gillie, herdsman, swineherd, barkeeper, bartender, bell boy, boots, boy, counterjumper, khansamah, khansaman, khitmutgar, yardman, bailiff, castellan, seneschal, chamberlain, major-domo, groom of the chambers, secretary, under secretary, assistant secretary, clerk, subsidiary, agent, subaltern, underling, understrapper, man, maid, maidservant, handmaid, confidente, lady's maid, abigail, soubrette, amah, biddy, nurse, bonne, ayah, nursemaid, nursery maid, house maid, parlor maid, waiting maid, chamber maid, kitchen maid, scullery maid, femme de chambre, femme fille, camarista, chef de cuisine, cordon bleu, cook, scullion, Cinderella, potwalloper, maid of all work, servant of all work, laundress, bedmaker, journeyman, charwoman, bearer, chokra, gyp (Cambridge), hamal, scout (Oxford), serf, vassal, slave, negro, helot, bondsman, bondswoman, bondslave, ame damnee, odalisque, ryot, adscriptus gleboe, villian, villein, beadsman, bedesman, sizar, pensioner, pensionary, client, dependant, dependent, hanger on, satellite, parasite, led captain, protege, ward, hireling, mercenary, puppet, tool, creature, badge of slavery, bonds, in the train of, in one's pay, in one's employ, at one's call, in bonds.
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