Definition of "waitron" [waitron]

• A waiter or waitress. (noun)

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• ""His food was very hot; the best thing he made, though, was the carne guisada - it was great," said Christina Giles, who was a "waitron" at the Barton Springs Road spot that closed in the mid-1980s and who is now retired."
• "Because other patrons get far better service, ie, they get menus; they get a ‘thank you’; and the waitron makes eye-contact with them."
• "And I have no problem embarrassing an in-attentive waitron from across a room."