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Plural of waitress

regular plural

The plural of waitress is waitresses.

Forms of waitress

Singularwaitress /ˈweɪ.tɹɪs/
Pluralwaitresses
Countablecountable

Waitresses in a sentence

  • The chefs never cooked before, the cashiers never cashiered before, the dishwashers never dishwashed before, the waitresses never waitressed before, and the managers never managed before.2007, Thomas Quealy, M + M
  • Would-be film stars often become waitresses.From the entry would-be
  • Waitresses, mail carriers, and teachers were often remembered on Boxing Day.2003, Little Visits 365 Family Devotions: Building Faith for a Lifetime, Concordia Publishing House. From the entry remember
  • Some of the waitresses disappeared, others stood against the bar talking to the nonbuying customers.1946, Elizabeth Hawes, Hurry up, please, it's time. From the entry nonbuying
  • All the waitresses knew her by name.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 389. From the entry blow-in

Meaning of waitress

  1. noun A female attendant who serves customers in a restaurant, café, or similar.
  2. verb To work as a waitress.

Full definition of waitress

Questions about the plural of waitress

What is the plural of waitress?
The plural of waitress is waitresses.
Is waitress countable?
Waitress is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: waitress (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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