/ Dictionary / Index W waitress: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: wait•ress Pronunciation: (wā'tris), [key] — n. a woman who waits on tables, as in a restaurant. —v.i. to work or serve as a waitress: She waitressed in a restaurant to help pay her way through college. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: waitress (Thesaurus) waitperson waitressing Related Content Daily Word Quiz: banshee Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language