waiter's assistant

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   a restaurant attendant who sets tables and assists waiters and clears away dirty dishes

   Synonymsbusboy

   Broaderdining-room attendant

Questions about waiter's assistant

What does waiter's assistant mean?

waiter's assistant means "a restaurant attendant who sets tables and assists waiters and clears away dirty dishes".

What is another word for waiter's assistant?

Close synonyms include busboy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is waiter's assistant a common word?

waiter's assistant is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.