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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024wait•er /ˈweɪtɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a person, esp. a man, who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wait•er (wā′tər),USA pronunciation n. - a person, esp. a man, who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
- a tray for carrying dishes, a tea service, etc.;
salver. - a person who waits or awaits.
- [Obs.]an attendant.
v.i. - to work or serve as a waiter:to waiter in a restaurant.
- 1350–1400; Middle English; see wait, -er1
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: waiter /ˈweɪtə/ n - a man whose occupation is to serve at table, as in a restaurant
- an attendant at the London Stock Exchange or Lloyd's who carries messages: the modern equivalent of waiters who performed these duties in the 17th-century London coffee houses in which these institutions originated
- a person who waits
- a tray or salver on which dishes, etc, are carried
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