waitress

noun

wait·​ress ˈwā-trəs How to pronounce waitress (audio)
: a woman who waits tables (as in a restaurant)
waitress intransitive verb

Examples of waitress in a Sentence

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Poppy, a feisty nightclub waitress, has carved out a lovely life for herself and her son in the years since her parents kicked her out as a pregnant teen. Tia Williams, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025 Surveillance footage from inside the Four Seasons Diner Restaurant on Cottman Avenue, which is about half a mile from the crash site, shows several patrons in booths and a waitress standing nearby when an object suddenly whizzes through the frame. Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2025 His mother juggled low-paying jobs—waitress, bookkeeper—and his father, a heavy drinker, was mostly absent. Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025 To pay for her stay and her tuition, O’Donnell moonlighted as a waitress. Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 14 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for waitress

Word History

First Known Use

1818, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of waitress was in 1818

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“Waitress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waitress. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.

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waitress

noun
wait·​ress ˈwā-trəs How to pronounce waitress (audio)
: a woman who waits tables (as in a restaurant)
waitress verb

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