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- [wey-tris]
- /ˈweɪ trɪs/
- /ˈweɪ.trəs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [wey-tris]
- /ˈweɪ trɪs/
Definitions of waitress word
- noun waitress a woman who waits on tables, as in a restaurant. 1
- verb without object waitress to work or serve as a waitress: She waitressed in a restaurant to help pay her way through college. 1
- noun waitress A woman whose job is to serve customers at their tables in a restaurant. 1
- countable noun waitress A waitress is a woman who works in a restaurant, serving people with food and drink. 0
- verb waitress A woman who waitresses works in a restaurant serving food and drink. 0
- noun waitress a woman who serves at table, as in a restaurant 0
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Origin of waitress
First appearance:
before 1580 One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1580-90; wait(e)r + -ess
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Waitress
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
waitress popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
waitress usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for waitress
noun waitress
- server — a person who serves.
- attendant — An attendant is someone whose job is to serve or help people in a place such as a petrol station, a car park, or a cloakroom.
- butler — A butler is the most important male servant in a wealthy house.
- carhop — a waiter or waitress at a drive-in restaurant
- host — the bread or wafer consecrated in the celebration of the Eucharist.
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See also
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