waiter
/ˈweɪtɚ/IPA: /W EY1 T ER0/
noun
- 1
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.”
- 2
Someone who waits for somebody or something; a person who is waiting.
- 3
A person working as an attendant at the London Stock Exchange.
- 4
A vessel or tray on which something is carried, as dishes, etc.; a salver. (See etymology of dumbwaiter.)
- 5
A custom house officer; a tide waiter.
- 6
A watchman.
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