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Waiter   /wˈeɪtər/   Listen
noun
Waiter  n.  
1.
One who, or that which, waits; an attendant; a servant in attendance, esp. at table. "The waiters stand in ranks; the yeomen cry, "Make room," as if a duke were passing by."
2.
A vessel or tray on which something is carried, as dishes, etc.; a salver.
Coast waiter. See under Coast, n.





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"Waiter" Quotes from Famous Books



... If he'd asked for senna and salts, the waiter wouldn't have showed any surprise. By-the-by, you touched him up about that ...
— The Small House at Allington • Anthony Trollope
... answer, in which, after expressing the satisfaction of hearing of his old friend and fellow-traveller, he added that he would do himself the honour of calling on me the next day, which he accordingly did; but owing to the officious blundering of an Italian waiter, who mentioned I was at dinner, his Lordship sent up his card with his compliments that he would not deranger the party. I was determined, however, that he should not escape me in this way, and drove out to his residence next morning, when, upon his English valet taking ...
— The Life of Lord Byron • John Galt
... did not regard this forcible seizure of silver from these other Sicilians as a crime. It was a perfectly just appropriation of a portion of the funds which belonged to him by rights. Let us imagine ourselves robbed at our hotel by Hans the German waiter: it would surely give us the most profound satisfaction to take Herr Schnupfendorff, the piano-tuner, by the throat when next he visited us, and go through his pockets. He and Hans, being of the same nationality, must suffer for one another's sins, and if the magistrate ...
— The Treasury of Ancient Egypt - Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology • Arthur E. P. B. Weigall
... rap at the door. Captain Hardy opened it and a man dressed as a waiter, whom they had seen in the hallway as they entered, stepped into ...
— The Secret Wireless - or, The Spy Hunt of the Camp Brady Patrol • Lewis E. Theiss
... moment he was embarrassed when the waiter approached him inquisitively, but it was only to learn the number of his room to "charge" the meal. He ate it quickly, but not voraciously, for his appetite had not yet returned, and he was eager to get back to the room and see the stranger again and return to him the coin ...
— Trent's Trust and Other Stories • Bret Harte


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