waitress

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English

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Etymology

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waiter +‎ -ess

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Noun

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waitress (plural waitresses, masculine waiter)

a waitress waitressing
  1. A female attendant who serves customers in a restaurant, café, or similar.
    a waitress in a cocktail bar.
    • 2024 May 16, very tall bart, [YTP] State of the Union[1], 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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Verb

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

  1. (stative) To work as a waitress.
    • 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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