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waitress

[ wey-tris ]

noun

  1. a woman who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.


verb (used without object)

  1. to work or serve as a waitress:

    She waitressed in a restaurant to help pay her way through college.

waitress

/ ˈ·É±ðɪ³Ù°ùɪ²õ /

noun

  1. a woman who serves at table, as in a restaurant
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to act as a waitress
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of waitress1

First recorded in 1580–90; wait(e)r + -ess
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Example Sentences

It’s a sweet plan, but not as sweet as the crullers that the diner waitress brings out for the plotting pair: a glazed cruller for Dave and a chocolate one for Nancy.

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“I don’t believe in health care, labor and human dignity because I’m a Marxist — I believe it because I was a waitress,†Ocasio-Cortez told Vegas rallygoers.

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Edie points to 2020 film Zola, about a waitress who goes to Florida for a weekend of stripping for quick cash.

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And with that, having “sent our orders up to the cosmic waitress,†as Banducci likes to say, participants wait to see what the magik brings.

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A barrage of orders is deployed inside a Times Square restaurant where a battalion of cooks and waitresses from around the globe perform with chaotic precision.

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