wait·ress

[wey-tris]
noun
1.
a woman who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
verb (used without object)
2.
to work or serve as a waitress: She waitressed in a restaurant to help pay her way through college.

Origin:
1580–90; wait(e)r + -ess


See -ess, -person.
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waitress (ˈweɪtrɪs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  a woman who serves at table, as in a restaurant
 
vb
2.  (intr) to act as a waitress

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Example sentences
The waitress will slap a plastic bag of serviceable pita bread on the table.
She worked as a waitress in a lobster restaurant to support her research habit
  for quite awhile.
Often the noodle shop's occupants consisted of me, one or two late stragglers,
  and a waitress wiping down tables.
While taking college level courses in both journalism and accounting, she
  worked as a waitress.
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