Waiter vs B - What's the difference?
waiter | b |
A male or sometimes female attendant who or similar.
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‘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.
The second letter of the .
Image:Latin B.png, Capital and lowercase versions of B , in normal and italic type
File:Fraktur letter B.png, Uppercase and lowercase B in Fraktur
File:UncialB-01.png, uncial approximate form of Greek upper case beta that was the source for both common variants of b B in uncial script
voiced bilabial plosive
(label) beauty quark, bottom quark
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As a noun waiter
is a male or sometimes female attendant who serves customers in a restaurant, café or similar.As a letter B is
: Boxer could not get beyond the letter D. He would trace out A, B, C, D, in the dust with his great hoof ...As an abbreviation B is
the number of balls faced by a batsman.waiter
English
Noun
(en noun)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.}}
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.’}}