WAITER

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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. Swift.

2.
n.

A vessel or tray on which something is carried, as dishes, etc.; a salver. Coast waiter. See under Coast, n.


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