as in waiter
a person who serves food or drink
we had barely finished ordering when the server brought our salads
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Recent Examples of server
At its flagship Carbone in New York City’s West Village, servers prepare Caesar salads tableside, while other locations feature desserts flambéed in front of diners.
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Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
Shortages of these components have affected all types of computing hardware, from consumer laptops to servers.
—ArsTechnica, 24 Apr. 2026
They are designed to run cloud workloads faster, cheaper, and with lower power consumption than many traditional server chips.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 Apr. 2026
From the server uniforms to the neon decor, this spot is like stepping foot in 1950.
—Molly Burford, Southern Living, 24 Apr. 2026
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Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
Shortages of these components have affected all types of computing hardware, from consumer laptops to servers.
—ArsTechnica, 24 Apr. 2026
They are designed to run cloud workloads faster, cheaper, and with lower power consumption than many traditional server chips.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 Apr. 2026
From the server uniforms to the neon decor, this spot is like stepping foot in 1950.
—Molly Burford, Southern Living, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for server
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The president was on stage, locked in conversation with CBS reporter Weijia Jiang; spread out in front of them were thousands of attendees, seated at more than 250 tables, as waiters cleared away their salads.—
Dan Diamond,
Washington Post,
26 Apr. 2026
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Or did some waiter just drop a tray?—
Calvin Woodward,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This month, Willacy testified to spare the life of Miami killer Rafael Andres, who a jury said should be condemned to die for the beating, stabbing and strangling of a La Carreta waitress in 2005.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
23 Apr. 2026
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Offerman plays her dad, while Michelle Pfeiffer plays her mom, Shyanne, an ex-Hooters waitress.—
Julia Moore,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Server.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/server. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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