waiter

Etymology
From late 14th century,. . Sense of "servant who waits at tables" is from late 15th century, originally in reference to household servants; in reference to inns, eating houses, etc., it is attested from 1660s. Feminine form first recorded 1834.

The London Stock Exchange sense harks back to the early days of trading in coffee-shops.

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.
 * 4)  A vessel or tray on which something is carried, as dishes, etc.; a salver. (See etymology of .)
 * 5)  A custom house officer; a tide waiter.
 * 6)  A watchman.
 * 1)  A person working as an attendant at the.
 * 2)  A vessel or tray on which something is carried, as dishes, etc.; a salver. (See etymology of .)
 * 3)  A custom house officer; a tide waiter.
 * 4)  A watchman.
 * 1)  A watchman.

Translations

 * Albanian:, kamarier
 * Arabic: نَادِل, نَادِلَة
 * Egyptian Arabic: جرسون, جرسونة
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: xörəkpaylayan,, süfrəçi
 * Belarusian: афіцыя́нт, афіцыя́нтка, ке́льнер, ке́льнерка
 * Bengali: ওয়েটার
 * Bulgarian: сервитьо́р,, ке́лнер, ке́лнерка
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chechen: официант
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 侍應, 企檯, 企枱, 企台
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Cornish: servyas, servyades
 * Czech:, ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, , serveerder,
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto: kelnero, kelnerino
 * Estonian: kelner, ettekandja
 * Faroese: tænari
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ოფიციანტი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Greenlandic: saqisoq
 * Hawaiian: kuene
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: वेटर,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:, gengilbeina
 * Ido:,  garsonulo,  ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: taritsija
 * Irish: freastalaí, friothalaí
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: даяшы, официант
 * Khmer: អ្នកបំរើ, ,
 * Korean:
 * Kumyk: официант
 * Kyrgyz: официант
 * Lao: ເດັກເສີບ, ໂບຍ
 * Latin: minister, administer
 * Latvian: viesmīlis, viesmīle, oficiants, oficiante
 * Lithuanian: padavėjas, kelneris, oficiantas
 * Low German:
 * German Low German:, , Kellnersch, Kellnersche
 * Macedonian: келнер, келнерка, конобар, конобарка
 * Malay:
 * Maltese: wejter
 * Manchu: mnc
 * Maori: weita, tuari
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: хоол зөөгч,
 * Mongolian: ᠬᠣᠭᠤᠯᠠ ᠵᠥᠭᠡᠭᠡᠭᠴᠢ, ᠦᠢᠯᠡᠴᠢᠯᠡᠭᠴᠢ
 * Northern Sami: dárju
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Nynorsk: servitør, kelner
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romagnol: camarir
 * Romanian:, , ,
 * Romansch: camarier
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: gille-frithealaidh, neach-frithealaidh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ко̏ноба̄р, коноба̀рица, услужитељ, услужитељка, ке̏лнер, ке̏лнерица
 * Roman:, , , uslužiteljka, ,
 * Slovak: čašník, čašníčka, servírka
 * Slovene:, natakarica, , strežnica
 * Spanish:,  ,  ,  ,
 * Swahili:, weita, mlisha
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tajik: пешхизмат
 * Thai: เด็กเสิร์ฟ,, สาวเสิร์ฟ
 * Tibetan:
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: ofisian, ofisiant
 * Ukrainian:, офіціа́нтка, ке́льнер, ке́льнерка
 * Urdu: ویٹر, بیرا
 * Uyghur: خىزمەتچى
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese: người hầu bàn, chị hầu bàn,
 * Volapük:,  hibötan,
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: קעלנער
 * Yoruba: agbáwo
 * Zhuang:


 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: atendanto
 * German: Wartender, Wartende
 * Macedonian: чекач
 * Norwegian: ventende
 * Polish:, staczka
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: че̏катељ, че̏калац
 * Roman: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Volapük: stebedan,  histebedan,  jistebedan

Verb

 * 1)  To work as a waiter.