waitress

From waiter +‎ -ess.

• IPA^(key): /ˈweɪtɹəs/

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waitress (plural waitresses)

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

   a waitress in a cocktail bar.

   • 2007 August 12, Andrew Gensler, “Dancing Away the Heartache, Tacos Included”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     It would take a few more beers, but when the liquid courage kicked in, his wobbly legs were unable to keep pace with the fleetfooted waitress, who rolled her eyes, smiling, and finally twirled away.

   • 2007, Thomas Quealy, M + M:

     The chefs never cooked before, the cashiers never cashiered before, the dishwashers never dishwashed before, the waitresses never waitressed before, and the managers never managed before.

   • 2024 May 16, very tall bart, [YTP] State of the Union‎^[2], spoken by Penis Prager (Dennis Prager):

     I ask everybody… A waitress, flight attendant… …someone I’m shitting next to on the plane… “You know what my biggest hobby is?” Puking.

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waitress (third-person singular simple present waitresses, present participle waitressing, simple past and past participle waitressed)

1. (action) To work as a waitress.
   • 2004, Janelle Taylor, Dying To Marry:

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

   • 2007, Thomas Quealy, M + M:

     The chefs never cooked before, the cashiers never cashiered before, the dishwashers never dishwashed before, the waitresses never waitressed before, and the managers never managed before.

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