Waiter

Definition: Waiter

Waiter

Noun

1. A person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant).

2. A person who waits or awaits.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "waiter" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references)

19th Century Satire

Dream Interpretation

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Synonym: Waiter

Content

Waiter on Providence.

Inactivity

Idler, drone, droil, dawdle, mopus; do-little faineant, dummy, sleeping partner; afternoon farmer; truant; (runaway) : bummer, loafer, goldbrick, goldbicker, lounger, lazzarone; lubber, lubbard; slow coach; (slow.); opium eater, lotus eater; slug; lag, sluggard, slugabed; slumberer, dormouse, marmot; waiter on Providence, fruges consumere natus.

Neglect

Trifler, waiter on Providence; Micawber.

Servant

Attendant, squire, usher, page, donzel, footboy; train bearer, cup bearer; waiter, lapster, butler, livery servant, lackey, footman, flunky, flunkey, valet, valet de chambre; equerry, groom; jockey, hostler, ostler, tiger, orderly, messenger, cad, gillie, herdsman, swineherd; barkeeper, bartender; bell boy, boots, boy, counterjumper; khansamah, khansaman; khitmutgar; yardman.

Crosswords: Waiter

Waiter, I'm in my soup (A Bug's Life; writing credit: John Lasseter; Andrew Stanton)

Oh, waiter! (All About Eve; writing credit: Joseph L. Mankiewicz)

Yes! I am the waiter speaking who American (I Met Him in Paris; writing credit: Claude Binyon; Helen Meinardi)

This was supposed to be my table, I did ask the waiter. (Fawlty Towers; writing credit: John Cleese; Connie Booth)

Then the waiter spilled water down my back, and my boob popped out. (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen)

Life lesson: A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person. (references; author: unknown)

The Head Waiter (1966)

Some Waiter! (1936)

The New Waiter (1930)

A Dumb Waiter (1928)

The Grand Duchess and the Waiter (1926)

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Books

• Aim for a Job As a Waiter or Waitress (reference)

• How to Be a Professional Waiter (Or Waitress: Everything You Need to Know to Get the Right Job, Make Good Money, and Stay Sane) (reference)

• Oh, Waiter! One Order of Crow! Inside the Strangest Presidential Election Finish in American History (reference)

• The Food Service Professionals Guide To: Waiter & Waitress Training: How To Develop Your Wait Staff For Maximum Service & Profit (reference)

• The Waiter (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• How to Be the Perfect Waiter O (reference)

• I Dream of Jeannie: Waiter Theres a Girl in Bottle (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Deaf Waiter (reference)

• Waiter Make Mine Blues [IMPORT] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• Swiss Army Waiter Pocket Knife (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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Noise extracted without pain : waiter (to single gentleman): excuse me, sir, but that lady and gentleman wish me to recommend to you one of those new Maxim soup silencers. Credit: Library of Congress.

Goat eating from family tree, carefree couple with waiter, amusement ride under arbor, workers at loom. Credit: Library of Congress.

Waiter talking to man with woman at a restaurant table. Credit: Library of Congress.

Bartender or waiter pouring drink. Credit: Library of Congress.

Dancing waiter / Covarrubias. Credit: Library of Congress.

Cover of American Druggist, Aug. 1929, showing waiter, carrying three ice cream floats, looking in fear at bee in his lapel; calendar for August 1929 in lower left corner. Credit: Library of Congress.

Waiter taking an order from two men in restaurant. Credit: Library of Congress.

Bantam, Connecticut. Paul Bertaccini is a waiter at Tony Giampaolo's Bantam Inn, favorite local restaurant. In late 1941 he was victor in a county contest, selling enough magazine subscriptions to win himself a new Plymouth car. Here he dawdles at the pos. Credit: Library of Congress.

Waiter. Waiter with liquor tray I. Credit: Library of Congress.

Food. Waiter carrying tray of food. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The Chancellor took it haughtily, drank it off thoughtfully, smiled benevolently on the happy waiter as he set down the empty glass, and began

He gave six sous to the waiter.

A waiter was running up a trail of bunting on the flagstaff and a fox terrier was scampering to and fro on the sunny lawn

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Health

Eating out can be a challenge as the person with celiac disease learns to scrutinize the menu for foods with gluten and question the waiter or chef about possible hidden sources of gluten. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "waiter": apprentice waiter ♦ assistant waiter ♦ coast waiter ♦ cocktail waiter ♦ dumb waiter ♦ head waiter ♦ Landing waiter ♦ waiter on Providence ♦ wine waiter ♦ work as a waiter. Additional references.

Beginning with "waiter": waiter-service.

Ending with "waiter": dumb-waiter, land-waiter, Shad-waiter, tide-waiter, under-waiter, wine-waiter.

Afrikaans

kelner. (various references)

Albanian

kamarier (steward). (various references)

Arabic 

‏طبق (apply, carry out, clench, close, dish, effect, enforce, live, operation, paten, plate, practise, tray), ‏النادل القائم على الخدمة. (various references)

Asturian

camareru. (various references)

Aymara

huayna. (various references)

Basque

aizu (sir). (various references)

Bavarian

käina. (various references)

Bemba

kapembela mwaume. (various references)

Breton

servijour. (various references)

Bulgarian 

сервитьор (steward), табла (backgammon, salver, tray), келнер, поднос (platter, salver, tray). (various references)

Catalan

cambrer. (various references)

Cebuano

sirbidor. (various references)

Chamorro

kamareru. (various references)

Chinese 

侍者 . (various references)

Cornish

tendyer. (various references)

Czech

vrchní (chief, head waiter, paramount, superior, supreme, upper, uppermost), èíšník. (various references)

Danish

tjener (At your service!, attendant, boy, maid, servant). (various references)

Dutch

kelner. (various references)

Ecuadorian Quechua

carac runa. (various references)

Esperanto

kelnero. (various references)

Faeroese

tænari (attendant, lackey, servant). (various references)

Finnish

tarjoilija (barman, bartender, steward, waitress). (various references)

Flemish

kelner. (various references)

French

serveur, garçon, garçon de café. (various references)

French Canadian

serveur. (various references)

Frisian

betsjinder (attendant, servant). (various references)

Galician

camareiro. (various references)

German

Kellner (bar man, butlers, steward, waiters), Ober (garcon, upper). (various references)

Greek 

σερβιτόροσ, σερβιτόρος εστιατορίου, σερβιτόρος, γκαρσόνι, τραπεζοκόμοσ, τραπεζοκόμος, ο σερβιτόρος, δίσκοσ (disc, discus, disk, puck, salver, server, tray). (various references)

Haitian Creole

gason. (various references)

Hawaiian

kamarier. (various references)

Hebrew 

מלצר (steward), �"יל (steward). (various references)

Hungarian

pincér (barman, bartender, steward). (various references)

Icelandic

þjónn (attendant, servant). (various references)

Indonesian

penunggu. (various references)

Inuktitut

pijiqtiraqti niqivvikmi. (various references)

Irish

freastalaí, fhreastalaí. (various references)

Italian

cameriere (attendant, chambermaids, manservant, waitresses). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

配膳人 , 給仕 (office boy, page), ウェーバーの法則 (on-deck batter's circle, rag, taking a pitch, wafer, wafers, waist, waist bag, waist nipper, waist pouch, waistcoat, waistline, wait, waiting circle, waiting game, waiting room, waiting system, waitress, Wales, walk rally, walk through, walkathon, walkie-lookie, walkie-talkie, walking dictionary, walking shoes, Walkman, war cry, war game, ware, -ware, warehouse, warm, warming, warming-up, warm-up, warning lamp, waste ball, water chute, water closet, water hazard, water polo, watercolor, watercooler, waterfall, waterfront, watermelon, waterproof, watertight, wave, wave-front, way, weapon, wear, weather, weathercock, weatherstrip molding, web, Weber, Weber's law, wedding, wedding bell, wedding cake, wedding dress, wedding march, wedding ring, wedding veil, wedeling, wedge heel, wedge sole, weight, weight lifting, weight training, welcome, well-done, west, West Coast, West End, West Point, West Side, West Virginia, western, Western grip, Western league, Western music, Westinghouse, wet, wet core, wet cut, wet suit, worm gear), ウイルス病 (jacket, Vienna coffee, Vienna sausage, Viennese, Viennese waltz, viral disease, virus disease, wait, waitress, Weber, Wiener, Wimbledon, winch, wind, windbreaker, windfall, windjacket, window, window display, window dressing, window shopping, Windsor char, windsurfer, windsurfing, wing, wing collar, wink, Winker, winter resort, winter sports). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きゅうじ (ancient times, bygones, office boy, old characters, page, past events, treatment with moxa), ウェーター , ウエーター , はいぜ�"に�". (various references)

Korean 

웨이터. (various references)

Luxembourgish

garçon. (various references)

Macedonian

kelner. (various references)

Malay

pelayan restoran. (various references)

Manx

waiteilagh (attendant, attendant of person), tendeilagh (attendant, attendant of person), guilley shirveishagh, fieauder, farkeyder. (various references)

Norwegian

kelner. (various references)

Papiamen

weter, weiter. (various references)

Pig Latin

aiterway.(various references)

Polish

kelner. (various references)

Portuguese

garçom, criado (attendant, boy, cad, dependant, dependent, domestic, footman, go-soon, groom, jackal, menial, minion, servant, servitor, valent). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

garçom, empregado. (various references)

Provencal

servicial. (various references)

Romanian

chelner (barman, steward, tapster). (various references)

Romansch

camarier. (various references)

Russian 

официант (garcon, steward, waitress). (various references)

Samoan

teine laulau. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

konobar (barman), kelnerski, kelner. (various references)

Sicilian

camareri. (various references)

Slovene

natakar. (various references)

Somali

adeege. (various references)

Spanish

camarero (barman, server, steward), mozo (barman, busboy, inamorato, jester, junior, kid, killer, lad, laddie, porter, railway porter, server, young, young man). (various references)

Swedish

vaktmästare (attendant, caretaker, porter, usher), kypare, uppassare (bartender, pantryman, steward), servitör (pantryman). (various references)

Tagalog

weyter. (various references)

Turkish

garson (carhop, nippy, waitress). (various references)

Turkmen 

ofisian (r). (various references)

Ukrainian

офіціант, піднос (cabaret, salver, server, tray), придворний (aulic, courtier, groom, household, waiting). (various references)

Vietnamese 

người trông đợi, người hầu b� n khay, người chờ, mâm người đợi. (various references)

Zulu

uweta. (various references)

minister, ministri, ministris, ministro, ministrorum, ministros, ministrum. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "waiter": waiters. (additional references)

Words ending with "waiter": awaiter, dumbwaiter, headwaiter. (additional references)

Words containing "waiter": awaiters, dumbwaiters, headwaiters. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Waiter" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aiter, naiter, swaiter, twaite, waata, waiet, waiger, wainer, waiste, waiten, waitier, waiton, waitor, waitre, waitur, walter, wanter, Warter, webter, weier, weiter, wiate, witer, Wouter, wuite. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: irate, retia, tawer, tawie, terai, twier, water, write.

-2 letters: airt, rate, rite, tare, tear, tier, tire, twae, wair, wait, ware, wart, wear, weir, wert, wire, wite, writ.

-3 letters: air, ait, are, art, ate, awe, ear, eat, era, eta, ire, rat, raw, rei, ret, ria, tae, tar, taw, tea, tew, tie, twa, wae, war.

+1 letter: awaiter, tawnier, tinware, waister, waiters, wariest, wartier, wartime, wastrie, wiretap.

+2 letters: antiwear, atwitter, awaiters, giftware, interwar, knitwear, strawier, sweatier, tawdrier, tawdries, tinwares, twangier, tweakier, waisters, waitress, wartiest, wartimes, wartlike, wasterie, wastries, waterier, waterily, watering, waterish, weariest, wiretaps, wisteria, wrathier, writable.

+3 letters: brawliest, brawniest, crawliest, dishwater, drawliest, firewater, giftwares, handwrite, limewater, nightwear, rainwater, sawtimber, stairwell, strawiest, swarthier, tailwater, tawdriest, tidewater, ultrawide, unwariest, wasteries, waterbird, wateriest, waterings, waterline, waterside, waterzooi, wealthier, welfarist, wisterias, wrathiest, wreathing.