Phonetics:
/ˈweɪtə/
/ˈweɪtɚ/
Meanings:
noun
Definition: A male or female attendant who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar.
Example: Waiter! There’s a fly in my soup.
Definition: Someone who waits for somebody or something; a person who is waiting.
Definition: A person working as an attendant at the London Stock Exchange.
Definition: A vessel or tray on which something is carried, as dishes, etc.; a salver. (See etymology of dumbwaiter.)
Definition: A custom house officer; a tide waiter.
Definition: A watchman.