waitress

waiter +‎ -ess

• IPA^(key): /ˈweɪtɹəs/

• Audio (Southern England)

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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.

• wait
• waiter

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.

• waiter

• sawtries, waisters