0 a waiter or waitress (= a person whose job is to bring the food to customers at their tables in a restaurant), used so that you do not need to state what gender the person is: --
When dining in a restaurant that serves fish, inform the waitperson of your allergies so that precautions can be taken.
Our waitperson was quite rushed when serving us and made sure that we knew our meal would take a while.
Have the waitperson place half of the meal in a doggie bag for later.
I've never encountered a waitperson who was so rude about a simple order mistake!