Waitress

//ˈweɪ.tɹɪs// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A female attendant who serves customers in a restaurant, café, or similar.

    "a waitress in a cocktail bar."

  2. 2
    a woman waiter wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To work as a waitress.

    "But it never did heal properly and Lizzie stayed on at the bar — waitressing until she came of legal age to bar-tend."

  2. 2
    serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
barmaidbartenderbusboyservantserverwait

Example

More examples

"Ben acted out the scene of the waitress spilling soup in his lap."

Etymology

From waiter + -ess.

Related phrases

cocktail waitresshappy waitresssky waitresswaitress momwine waitress

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