Definitions
a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)
Word origin
From late 14th century Middle English waiter, wayter (“attendant, watchman”). By surface analysis, wait + -er. Sense of "servant who waits at tables" is from late 15th century, originally in reference to household servants; in reference to inns, eating houses, etc., it is attested from 1660s. Feminine form waitress first recorded 1834.
Used in a sentence
“Waiter! There's a fly in my soup.”
“However, the NTPF also contained implicit negative incentives for the public sector by offering alternative private sector treatment for the longest waiters at no extra cost to patients or no penalty to public providers.”
“I had definitely had my fill of factory jobs, but had never worked in an office, nor bussed, nor waitered.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“One taking table orders”6 letters
02“Table server”6 letters
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