waiter
Example Sentences
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Bah, oui!—you probably will run into a mean waiter at some point.
From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026
As a former career waiter, I say without hesitation that I would not want to go to war with a battalion of conscripted foodies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026
Singh first worked as a waiter at the old Laguna Beach location before transferring to Long Beach.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025
Gabriel Funez, a Venezuelan waiter, moved to Chile four years ago, crossing the land border irregularly to escape his country's "very, very bad economic situation".
From BBC • Dec. 15, 2025
A waiter passed in the corridor with our sandwiches and the bottle of Chablis, and we called him in.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.