Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Waiter

Waiter , noun

1.
One who, or that which, waits; an attendant; a servant in attendance, esp. at table.
The waiters stand in ranks; the yeomen cry, “Make room,” as if a duke were passing by. — Swift
2.
A vessel or tray on which something is carried, as dishes, etc.; a salver.
Collocations (1)
Coast waiter , See under Coast, n.