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Waiter vs Waitron - What's the difference?

waiter | waitron |

As nouns the difference between waiter and waitron

is that waiter is a male or sometimes female attendant who serves customers in a restaurant, café or similar while waitron is a waiter.

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

    Related terms

    * wait * waitress

    See also

    * barista * bartender * * server

    References

    waitron

    English

    Etymology 1

    Coined as a gender-neutral substitute for waiter and waitress, apparently by analogy with patron.

    Noun

    (wikipedia waitron) (en noun)
  • (nonstandard, gender-neutral) A waiter.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , date = 1992 , title = Jack the Bodiless , first = Julian , last = May , authorlink = Julian May , publisher = Knopf , isbn = 9780679409502 , ol = 1567595M , passage = With adolescent perversity, he turned up his nose at all of the elegant French items on the Closerie's menu and scandalized the waitron by demanding corned-beef hash—fried extra crisp—with poached eggs, a slice of fresh papaya with lime, banana-walnut bread, and a pitcher of Mexican chocolate. }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , date = 2004-09-28 , title = The Food and Beverage Handbook , first = Tracey , last = Dalton , location = Lansdowne , publisher = Juta and Company Ltd. , isbn = 9780702166396 , ol = 7774255M , page = 48 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=NXBFhBNR2bYC&pg=PA48&dq=waitron , passage = Table Service is the combined interaction between the guest and the waitron whilst seated at a table in the establishment's restaurant. }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , date = 2008-02-01 , title = Spit Or Swallow: A Guide for the Wine Virgin , first = Jenny , last = Ratcliffe-Wright , location = Lansdowne , publisher = Double Storey , isbn = 9781770130616 , ol = 25421828M , page = 89 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=_-a8JSY4TRIC&pg=RA1-PA89&dq=waitron , passage = If your wine waitron smells the cork, s/he's probably a beginner at this game because you can tell absolutely nothing by smelling the cork. }}
  • * {{quote-news
    • , date = 2010-05-10 , title = Jo'burg and London, relatively speaking , first = Sam , last = Cowen , newspaper = (Daily Telegraph) , issn = 0307-1235 , url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatlife/7686118/Joburg-and-London-relatively-speaking.html , passage = Come back here with your cut glass, posh English accent and waitrons everywhere will melt at your feet. }}
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    • Synonyms
    * waitperson * waitstaff (collective)

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated, science fiction) A robotic or mechanical waiter.
    • English politically correct terms