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waitress

[ wey-tris ]

/ ˈweɪ trɪs /

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noun

a 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 waitress

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

usage note for waitress

See -ess, -person.

Words nearby waitress

waiting list, waiting period, waiting room, waitlist, waitperson, waitress, waitressing, waitron, waitstaff, waitz, waive

Example sentences from the Web for waitress

She is a waitress, he helps run the family ranch, and something more criminal.

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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.

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We were finishing steaks at a motel dining room, washing them down with beer, when the waitress could stand it no longer.

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“You have to try my cherry banana shake,” waitress Trista says.

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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.

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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

waitress

/ (ˈweɪtrɪs) /

noun

a woman who serves at table, as in a restaurant

verb

(intr) to act as a waitress