waiter, waitress — ▶ noun SERVER, stewardess, steward, attendant, garçon; hostess, host; butler, servant, page; N. Amer. waitperson … Useful english dictionary
waitress — (n.) 1834; see WAITER (Cf. waiter) + ESS (Cf. ess) … Etymology dictionary
waitress — waitress, waitperson Waitress, a female waiter in a restaurant or cafe, is one of the few remaining gender specific terms that is still going strong, despite occasional objections to it. Waitperson has found no currency in BrE and very little in… … Modern English usage
Waitress — Wait ress, n. A female waiter or attendant; a waiting maid or waiting woman. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
waitress — 1. noun A female attendant who serves customers in a restaurant, café, or similar. See Also: wait, waiter 2. verb To work as a waitress … Wiktionary
waiter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. servant, garçon, attendant, steward, servitor, waitress, carhop; tray, salver (see receptacle). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. headwaiter, steward, attendant, server, footman, servant, innkeeper, host,… … English dictionary for students
waitress — De Quincey, in his Autobiographic Sketches (1854) remarks that ‘social changes in London have introduced a new word viz. waitress, which word, twenty five years back, would have been simply ludicrous’. The word is certainly no longer ludicrous … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
waiter — noun a) A male attendant who serves customers in a restaurant, cafe or similar. Waiter! Theres a fly in my soup. b) Someone who waits, such as at a table. See Also: server, wait, waitress … Wiktionary
waitress — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. female attendant, server, servant, hostess, counter girl, waitperson*, waitstaff*, B girl. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. see waiter … English dictionary for students
waiter — n 1. steward, butler, servant, servitor, (in India and the Orient) boy, attendant; server, checker, cashier. 2. headwaiter, host, maitre d hotel, Inf. maitre d ; sommelier, wine steward, cupbearer, Ganymede, Hebe; bartender, Fr. (usu. in direct… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
