waitstaff

noun

wait·​staff ˈwāt-ˌstaf How to pronounce waitstaff (audio)
: the staff of servers at a restaurant

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Every night families are assigned to a new restaurant, and their waitstaff travels with them. Fran Golden, AFAR Media, 28 Jan. 2025 The breakfast menu at Wild Sage offers balanced and slightly indulgent options, and the waitstaff is quick, attentive, and friendly. Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 13 Aug. 2024 Unlike the Zephyr, dinnertime is flexible as the restaurant car doesn’t have waitstaff, and the train departs almost at 7 p.m. Christin Parcerisa Vigueras, Travel + Leisure, 18 Jan. 2025 The concept was created in 2006 in Belgium when a communications agency joined forces with an amusement park installation company and used a crane to hoist a table, diners and waitstaff 150-feet up in the air. Caitlin Palumbo, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for waitstaff 

Word History

First Known Use

1981, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of waitstaff was in 1981

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“Waitstaff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waitstaff. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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waitstaff

noun
wait·​staff ˈwāt-ˌstaf How to pronounce waitstaff (audio)
: a staff of servers at a restaurant
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