waitress
 
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Examples

The waiter smiled contemptuously at anyone who didn't know which wine to order.服务员对不知道点哪种酒的人轻蔑地笑了笑。
Walter expostulated with the waiter about the size of the bill.沃尔特认为账单上的金额不对，向侍者提出异议。
The waiter handed me the menu with a flourish.侍者做了个夸张动作递给我菜单。
The waiter smiled politely as he handed me my bill/handed my bill to me.侍者彬彬有礼地微笑着递给我账单。
A waiter hovered at the table, ready to take our order.一名侍者守在桌子旁，等着我们点菜。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

People who make & serve food
baker
barista
breadmaker
butcher
carhop
carver
chef
chef de partie
commis chef
cook
garçon
maître d'
prep cook
roaster
room service
server
short-order cook
steward
waitperson
waitress

Examples from literature

A waiter comes and you get some tea. 
The different jobs as waiter, housekeeper, nurse, and more can last for three months, six months, or longer. 

waiter | American Dictionary

waiter
noun[ C ]
us/ˈweɪ·t̬ər/(femalewaitress, us/ˈweɪ·trəs/)
a person whose job is to serve meals to people in a restaurant:
A waiter came to the table to take our order.

Examples of waiter

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A waiter accidentally drops a stack of dishes and thereby creates a mess.
The closest that our decisionmakers get to the heartbeat of the nation is when they tip a waiter.
The waiter brought over a grubby document, creased at the corners and covered with tea stains.
When the customer ordered another drink, the waiter would ask what he wanted.
Over the next few minutes, cleaning personnel, waiters with trays of food, a manicurist, a plumber, and others enter the cabin.
The result was a quite satisfying improvement in waiter recognition.
The practice of tipping waiters, he pointed out, is custom not law, and there is nothing gained by calling it law.
The waiter's arm holding a tray is very compliant but the hand itself is stiff.
The other food handlers (both affected and asymptomatic), who were waiters and did not cook, had, however, also eaten sandwiches prepared by the cook.
The waiters having been removed and a kid glove affixed to the door-knocker.
You are now on matey terms with everyone from ministers to waiters.
It signals that "we are all in this together", one cannot imagine it in modern use as the plural of boy "waiter" or "servant".
He meets another man/there is a waiter/owner of the restaurant.
The situation is a restaurant, and my party has just finished giving its orders to a white-jacketed waiter.
The dog with its bone, in the upper right, becomes transformed by stages into a waiter bearing a silver salver of food.
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