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waitron.

A waiter or waitress.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A waiter or waitress.

    nonstandard · rare
Where this word comes from

Coined as a gender-neutral substitute for waiter and waitress, this is one of the few words with the gender-neutral suffix -ron to have seen much use, probably re-inforced by rhyming with patron. (Some references instead analyse it as using the same "machinelike" suffix -tron as waitron (“mechanical waiter”), but more likely it uses -ron like laundron and like waiter and waitress use -er/-ress not *-ter/*-tress.)

noun
  1. A robotic or mechanical waiter.

    dated
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English waiter Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron)bor. English -tron English waitron From waiter + -tron.

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