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Waiter
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (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. Swift.
2. A vessel or tray on which something is carried, as dishes, etc.; a salver. Coast waiter. See under Coast, n.