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Meaning of waiter

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

waiter

Pronunciation:/ˈweɪtə//ˈweɪtɚ/

noun

Definitions

  1. A male or female attendant who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar.

    Example: Waiter! There's a fly in my soup.

  2. Someone who waits for somebody or something; a person who is waiting.

  3. A person working as an attendant at the London Stock Exchange.

  4. A vessel or tray on which something is carried, as dishes, etc.; a salver. (See etymology of dumbwaiter.)