waiter

noun · verbA2

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noun

Plural noun:

waiters

1.
A male or female attendant who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar.
Waiter! There's a fly in my soup.
2.
Someone who waits for somebody or something; a person who is waiting.
3.
(historical)A person working as an attendant at the London Stock Exchange.
4.
(obsolete)A vessel or tray on which something is carried, as dishes, etc.; a salver. (See etymology of dumbwaiter.)
5.
(obsolete)A custom house officer; a tide waiter.
6.
(obsolete)A watchman.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

waiters

V_ing/Gerund

waitering

V_ed/pp

waitered

1.
(stative)To work as a waiter.

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From late 14th century Middle English waiter, wayter (attendant, watchman). wait. Sense of "servant who waits at tables" is from late 15th century, originally in reference to household servants; in reference to inns, eating houses, etc., it is attested from 1660s. Feminine form waitress first recorded 1834.