as in waitresses
a person who serves food or drink
waiters at that elegant restaurant must go through an extended training program before being allowed to serve customers
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Recent Examples of waiters
The waiters are knowledgeable and make excellent recommendations.
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Harriet Compston, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Feb. 2026
And sure, since only 7% of SAG-AFTRA actors and performers earn $80,000 or more a year, that means there are going to be a few full-time waiters on those nomination committees.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Chief among Galatoire’s assets is the focus on individual veteran waiters, some of whom have decades of service behind them — four in the case of Billy Fontenot, whose late father worked there 54 years.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2026
Before the show premiered and began to take over the cultural conversation, Williams and Storrie both worked as waiters while auditioning; Heated Rivalry has turned out to be a break bigger than either one of them anticipated.
—Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 12 Jan. 2026
The waiters are exceedingly handsome here as well, but skip the pita bread.
—Laura Ness, Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2026
There were no waiters with tiny hors d’oeuvres.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 30 Dec. 2025
The waiters were on top of their game.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 29 Dec. 2025
Roving waiters circulated, offering caviar bumps and freshly shucked oysters to a crowd swaddled in fur and cowboy boots, carrying dogs decked out in sunglasses, mini cowboy hats, and Moncler puffers.
—Rachel Marlowe, Vanity Fair, 22 Dec. 2025
Harriet Compston, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Feb. 2026
And sure, since only 7% of SAG-AFTRA actors and performers earn $80,000 or more a year, that means there are going to be a few full-time waiters on those nomination committees.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Chief among Galatoire’s assets is the focus on individual veteran waiters, some of whom have decades of service behind them — four in the case of Billy Fontenot, whose late father worked there 54 years.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2026
Before the show premiered and began to take over the cultural conversation, Williams and Storrie both worked as waiters while auditioning; Heated Rivalry has turned out to be a break bigger than either one of them anticipated.
—Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 12 Jan. 2026
The waiters are exceedingly handsome here as well, but skip the pita bread.
—Laura Ness, Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2026
There were no waiters with tiny hors d’oeuvres.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 30 Dec. 2025
The waiters were on top of their game.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 29 Dec. 2025
Roving waiters circulated, offering caviar bumps and freshly shucked oysters to a crowd swaddled in fur and cowboy boots, carrying dogs decked out in sunglasses, mini cowboy hats, and Moncler puffers.
—Rachel Marlowe, Vanity Fair, 22 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for waiters
servers
Noun
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The footage and its underlying data could go through hundreds of thousands of servers and systems all over the world — increasing the chance of residual data being left behind.—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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In context, containerizing data centers means placing servers and computing equipment in standard shipping containers.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Waiters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waiters. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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