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noun
1.
a person, especially a man, who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
2.
a tray for carrying dishes, a tea service, etc.; salver.
4.
Obsolete. an attendant.
verb (used without object)
5.
to work or serve as a waiter: to waiter in a restaurant.
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Word Origin & History
waiter
late 14c., "attendant, watchman," agent noun from wait (v.). Sense of "servant who waits at tables" is from late 15c., originally in reference to household servants; in reference to inns, eating houses, etc., it is attested from 1660s. Fem. form waitress first recorded 1834.
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