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wait staff

wait staff is the alternative form of waitstaff.

Meaning of waitstaff

Noun

waitstaff (usually uncountable, plural waitstaffs)

  1. (Canada, US, usually) Collectively, staff employed to wait at tables in a restaurant.

Forms of wait staff

pluralwait staffs

Questions about wait staff

What is wait staff the alternative form of?
Wait staff is the alternative form of waitstaff.

Words near wait staff in the dictionary

  1. wait on someone hand, foot and finger
  2. wait on someone hand, foot, and finger
  3. wait on tables
  4. wait one's turn
  5. wait out
  6. wait staff
  7. wait staffs
  8. wait state
  9. wait states
  10. wait tables
  11. wait till the clouds roll by

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