waitron
American
[wey-tron, ‑truhn]
/ ˈweɪ trɒn, ‑trən /
noun
Etymology
Origin of waitron
An Americanism first recorded in 1980–85, wait(er) or waitr(ess), apparently formed on analogy of patron
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