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wine waiter

wine waiter noun: the member of staff at a restaurant who keeps the wine cellar, advises guests on the choice of wines and serves them; a waiter who is also in charge of the wine cellar and other duties normally assigned to sommeliers.

Noun

wine waiter (plural wine waiters)

  1. The member of staff at a restaurant who keeps the wine cellar, advises guests on the choice of wines and serves them; a waiter who is also in charge of the wine cellar and other duties normally assigned to sommeliers.
    • Waiters paused in their hurrying to and fro, and stood with dishes in their hands, watching the curiously circling birds. A wine waiter, who had been serving some priceless Burgundy, went on pouring it until the wine was trickling in a little stream across the table-cloth on to the floor.1932, E. Phillips Oppenheim, “The Ghosts of Suicide Corner”, in Crooks in the Sunshine, London: Hodder & Stoughton
    • […] she listened admiringly while Cass, who knew nothing whatever about the subject, held a symposium on sauternes with the wine-waiter.1945, Sinclair Lewis, chapter 23, in Cass Timberlaine, New York: Random House

Synonyms of wine waiter

Forms of wine waiter

pluralwine waiters

Questions about wine waiter

What does wine waiter mean?
Wine waiter means the member of staff at a restaurant who keeps the wine cellar, advises guests on the choice of wines and serves them; a waiter who is also in charge of the wine cellar and other duties normally assigned to sommeliers.
What part of speech is wine waiter?
Wine waiter is a noun.
What is the plural of wine waiter?
The plural of wine waiter is wine waiters.

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