busboy

or bus boy

[ buhs-boi ]

noun

1. a waiter's helper in a restaurant or other public dining room.

Word History and Origins

Origin of busboy¹

1910–15, Americanism; bus- short for omnibus waiter's helper ( omnibus ) + boy

Example Sentences

Busboys and Poets is placing 10 tables on the street outside its Ward 8 location, making it just the second restaurant east of the Anacostia River to successfully implement the District’s special outdoor dining program.

From Washington Post

Working as a busboy in Miami during the 1980s, Rameau often faced racism due to his ethnicity.

From The Daily Beast

From 1934 to 1942, he was a busboy, a dishwasher, a truck driver, and a longshoreman.

From The Daily Beast

Politely, she asks a busboy to replace some burnt-out light bulbs in the ceiling.

From The Daily Beast

For good measure, he tosses in an unfortunate BUSBOY that happened to overhear the conversation.

From The Daily Beast

BUSBOY: (screaming inside dumpster) WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?!?!?!?

From The Daily Beast