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WAITRESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A woman waiter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("waitress" is a kind of...):

server; waiter (a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "waitress"):

bunny; bunny girl (a young waitress in a nightclub whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit)

Derivation:

waitress (serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant

Example:

I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's

Synonyms:

wait; waitress

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "waitress" is one way to...):

work (exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

waitress (a woman waiter)

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