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— English words —

• waiter n. A male or female attendant who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar.
• waiter n. Someone who waits for somebody or something; a person who is waiting.
• waiter n. (Historical) A person working as an attendant at the London Stock Exchange.
• waiter n. (Obsolete) A vessel or tray on which something is carried, as dishes, etc.; a salver. (See etymology of dumbwaiter.)
• waiter n. (Obsolete) A custom house officer; a tide waiter.
• waiter n. (Obsolete) A watchman.
• waiter v. (Stative) To work as a waiter.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Old french
  • waiter v. (Old Northern French, Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of gaitier.

— English words, defined in German —

• waiter S. Eine männliche Servicekraft, die an Tischen wartet (engl. wait).
• waiter S. Ein (kleines) Tablett, zum Beispiel für Tee.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• waiter n. (Beroep) ober.

— English word, defined in French —

• waiter n. Garçon, garçon de café, serveur.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• waiter s. Mesero, camarero.
• waiter s. Persona que espera.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• waiter s. (Profissão) garçom.
• waiter s. Alguém que está aguardando, esperando.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• waiter s. Cameriere.

— In French —

• waiter n.m. (Canada) (Anglicisme) Garçon, garçon de café, serveur.

56 English words from 8 English definitions

Alternative Anglo Anglo-Norman attendant café carried custom customers custom␣house dishes dumbwaiter etc etymology Exchange female for form French Historical house house␣officer London male Norman Northern Obsolete officer Old Old␣Northern␣French or␣something person restaurant salver See serves similar somebody Someone something Stative Stock tables the their tide tide␣waiter tray vessel waiter waiting waits watchman which who work working

9 English words from 10 foreign definitions

café Canada die Eine garçon Persona que Tee wait

26 foreign words from 10 foreign definitions

aguardando Alguém Anglicisme Beispiel Beroep camarero Cameriere Ein espera esperando está für garçom garçon␣de␣café kleines männliche Mesero ober Profissão serveur Servicekraft Tablett Tischen wartet zum zum␣Beispiel

16 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

waiters Waiters waitered waiterly waiterage waiterdom waitering waiterish Waiterses waiterhood waiterless waiterlike waitership waiterships waiter's␣knife waiter's␣friend

16 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

awaiters dumbwaiters dumb-waiters dumb␣waiters headwaiters landwaiters shad-waiters tidewaiters tide␣waiters wine␣waiters cater-waiters coast␣waiters landing␣waiters quarter␣waiters tidewaitership tidewaiterships

15 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

awaiter dumbwaiter dumb-waiter dumb␣waiter headwaiter landwaiter shad-waiter tidewaiter tide␣waiter wine␣waiter cater-waiter coastwaiter coast␣waiter landing␣waiter quarter␣waiter

16 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ait AIT Aite ITE -ite iter iter. ter TER ter- wai WAI wait Wait waite Waite

8 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ETI IAW ret Ret. retia tia Tia TIA

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

Tewari Wiater

28 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

artwise awaiter edit␣war Karweit prewait reawait tawnier Tewaris tie␣wrap tinware waister waiters Waiters wardite wariest wartier wartime war-time war␣time War␣Time wastier waterie waterin' Wiaters winrate wiretap wire-tap wire␣tap

17 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Artie Ewart irate Iwate raite retia tawer tawie terai Tiare twier twire waite Waite water wrate write

20 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

baiter gaiter Gaiter wafter wahter wailer waited waitee waites Waites waiver walter Walter wanter Warter waster watter whiter writer Writer

3 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

waite Waite water

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

waister

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