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wait⋅er

  [wey-ter]
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–noun
1. a person, esp. a man, who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
2. a tray for carrying dishes, a tea service, etc.; salver.
3. a person who waits or awaits.
4. Obsolete. an attendant.
–verb (used without object)
5. to work or serve as a waiter: to waiter in a restaurant.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see wait, -er 1

Related forms:
wait⋅er⋅less, adjective

Usage note:
See -person.
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wait·er   (wā'tər)   
n.  

  1. One who serves at a table, as in a restaurant.

  2. A tray or salver.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

waiter 
1382, "attendant, watchman," agent noun from wait (v.). Sense of "servant who waits at tables" is from 1483, originally in ref. to household servants; in ref. to inns, eating houses, etc., it is attested from 1663. Fem. form waitress first recorded 1834.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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