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Waiter vs Gaiter - What's the difference?

waiter | gaiter |

As nouns the difference between waiter and gaiter

is that waiter is a male or sometimes female attendant who or similar while gaiter is a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep; see spats.

As a verb gaiter is

to dress with gaiters.

waiter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A male or sometimes female attendant who or similar.
  • * , title=The Mirror and the Lamp
  • , chapter=2 citation , passage=She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid, […]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=5 citation , passage=A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed.
      ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’}}
  • (literally) Someone who waits for somebody or something; a person who is waiting.
  • (obsolete) A vessel or tray on which something is carried, as dishes, etc.; a salver.
  • Derived terms

    * landwaiter * tide waiter

    See also

    * barista * bartender * * server

    References

    gaiter

    English

    (gaiters)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep; see spats
  • A covering cloth or leather for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.}}
  • Part of the ecclesiastical garb of a bishop.
  • See also

    * spat

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To dress with gaiters.
  • Anagrams

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