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[ wey-tris ] / ˈweɪ trɪs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR waitress ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna woman who waits on tables, as in a restaurant. verb (used without object)to work or serve as a waitress: She waitressed in a restaurant to help pay her way through college. Origin of waitressFirst recorded in 1580–90; wait(e)r + -ess usage note for waitressSee -ess, -person. Words nearby waitresswaitlist, wait on, wait on hand and foot, wait out, waitperson, waitress, waitressing, waitron, waitstaff, wait up, Waitz Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for waitressShe is a waitress, he helps run the family ranch, and something more criminal. How Will They End ‘The Affair’? Showtime’s Adultery Drama Defies Predictability|Tim Teeman|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST Why, then, does working in one almost guarantee a waitress, hostess, or bartender will be at the receiving end of such harassment? Waitressing Is One of the Worst Jobs for Sexual Harassment|Brandy Zadrozny|October 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST Bowie was born David Jones to a waitress mother and public relations father in Brixton, England, in 1947. The Making—and Remaking—of David Bowie|Justin Jones|September 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST We were finishing steaks at a motel dining room, washing them down with beer, when the waitress could stand it no longer. Football Great Bob Suffridge Wanders Through the End Zone of Life|Paul Hemphill|September 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“You have to try my cherry banana shake,” waitress Trista says. The Most American Pit Stop in the U.S.A.|Jane & Michael Stern|July 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST When a nurse is employed as well as a waitress, her work is usually absolutely separate from that of the other maid. The Expert Maid-Servant|Cristine Terhune Herrick Even the waitress beamed on them, and supplied them with her best cakes—and London waitresses are a bored race. Back To Billabong|Mary Grant Bruce In a minute or two the waitress would collect the cup and saucer and the coins. Punch, Volume 156, January 22, 1919.|Various Sugar, salt and pepper should be offered with these by the waitress. How to Prepare and Serve a Meal and Interior Decoration|Lillian B. Lansdown In spite of her mirth, Gray had noticed that the eyes of the waitress were reddened, as though she had been shedding tears. Dorothy and other Italian Stories|Constance Fenimore Woolson
British Dictionary definitions for waitress
nouna woman who serves at table, as in a restaurant verb(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 Words related to waitresswaiter, hostess, flight attendant, stewardess, servant, attendant, steward, host, porter, server, slaver, tray, servitor, salver, footman, butler, carhop, maître d', maître d'hôtel, waitperson |