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The correct spelling is waiter.
How to pronounce waiter
/ˈweɪtə/
nounIPA: /ˈweɪtə/
Say it like: Way-ter
The correct spelling is waiter. A male or female attendant who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar. For example: "Waiter! There's a fly in my soup."
Usage Examples
“Waiter! There's a fly in my soup.”
Definition
noun
- 1.A male or female attendant who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar.
- 2.Someone who waits for somebody or something; a person who is waiting.
- 3.A person working as an attendant at the London Stock Exchange.
- 4.A vessel or tray on which something is carried, as dishes, etc.; a salver. (See etymology of dumbwaiter.)
- 5.A custom house officer; a tide waiter.
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