1.  waiter(n = noun.person) server - a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant); Array
is a kind of dining-room attendant, restaurant attendant
has particulars: carhop, counterman, counterperson, counterwoman, sommelier, wine steward, wine waiter, waitress
Derived form verb wait₄

2.  waiter(n = noun.person) Array - a person who waits or awaits; Array
is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
has particulars: lurcher, lurker, skulker
Derived forms verb wait₃, verb wait₁, verb wait₂

1.  One who, or that which, waits; an attendant; a servant in attendance, esp. at table. [1913 Webster]
"The waiters stand in ranks; the yeomen cry,
“Make room,” as if a duke were passing by." [1913 Webster]

2.  A vessel or tray on which something is carried, as dishes, etc.; a salver. [1913 Webster]

waiter, n.
1 a man who serves at table in a hotel or restaurant etc.
2 a person who waits for a time, event, or opportunity.
3 a tray or salver.

N  servant, subject, liegeman, servant, retainer, follower, henchman, servitor, domestic, menial, help, lady help, employe, attache, official, retinue, suite, cortege, staff, court, attendant, squire, usher, page, donzel, footboy, train bearer, cup bearer, waiter, lapster, butler, livery servant, lackey, footman, flunky, flunkey, valet, valet de chambre, equerry, groom, jockey, hostler, ostler, tiger, orderly, messenger, cad, gillie, herdsman, swineherd, barkeeper, bartender, bell boy, boots, boy, counterjumper, khansamah, khansaman, khitmutgar, yardman, bailiff, castellan, seneschal, chamberlain, major-domo, groom of the chambers, secretary, under secretary, assistant secretary, clerk, subsidiary, agent, subaltern, underling, understrapper, man, maid, maidservant, handmaid, confidente, lady's maid, abigail, soubrette, amah, biddy, nurse, bonne, ayah, nursemaid, nursery maid, house maid, parlor maid, waiting maid, chamber maid, kitchen maid, scullery maid, femme de chambre, femme fille, camarista, chef de cuisine, cordon bleu, cook, scullion, Cinderella, potwalloper, maid of all work, servant of all work, laundress, bedmaker, journeyman, charwoman, bearer, chokra, gyp (Cambridge), hamal, scout (Oxford), serf, vassal, slave, negro, helot, bondsman, bondswoman, bondslave, ame damnee, odalisque, ryot, adscriptus gleboe, villian, villein, beadsman, bedesman, sizar, pensioner, pensionary, client, dependant, dependent, hanger on, satellite, parasite, led captain, protege, ward, hireling, mercenary, puppet, tool, creature, badge of slavery, bonds, in the train of, in one's pay, in one's employ, at one's call, in bonds.

wine waiter

   assistant(n = noun.person) help, helper, supporter - a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work"
is a kind of worker
has particulars: coadjutor, accomplice, confederate, aide, auxiliary, attendant, attender, tender, bat boy, dental assistant, deputy, lieutenant, actor's assistant, dresser, event planner, facilitator, flower girl, girl friday, enforcer, hatchet man, cat's-paw, instrument, pawn, birthing coach, doula, labor coach, monitrice, underboss, fashion model, manakin, manikin, mannequin, mannikin, model, model, poser, paraprofessional, powder monkey, prompter, theater prompter, chief assistant, man friday, right-hand man, secretarial assistant, secretary, sidesman, foot soldier, subordinate, subsidiary, underling, water boy, waterer, whipper-in
Derived forms verb assist₂, verb assist₁, adjective assistant₁

   assistant(s = adj.all) adjunct - of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another; Array
Derived forms verb assist₂, noun assistant₁

1.  Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary. [1913 Webster]
"Genius and learning . . . are mutually and greatly assistant to each other." [1913 Webster]

2.  Of the second grade in the staff of the army; as, an assistant surgeon. [1913 Webster]
" In the English army it designates the third grade in any particular branch of the staff." Farrow. [1913 Webster]

1.  One who, or that which, assists; a helper; an auxiliary; a means of help. [1913 Webster]
"Four assistants who his labor share." [1913 Webster]
"Rhymes merely as assistants to memory." [1913 Webster]

2.  An attendant; one who is present. Dryden. [1913 Webster]

assistant, n.
1 a helper.
2 (often attrib.) a person who assists, esp. as a subordinate in a particular job or role.
3 = shop assistant.

Etymology:
ME assistent f. med.L assistens assistent- present (as ASSIST, -ANT, -ENT)

N  auxiliary, recruit, assistant, adjuvant, adjutant, ayudante, coaid, adjunct, help, helper, help mate, helping hand, midwife, colleague, partner, mate, confrere, cooperator, coadjutor, coadjutrix, collaborator, ally, friend, confidant, fidus Achates, pal, buddy, alter ego, confederate, accomplice, complice, accessory, accessory after the fact, particeps criminis, socius criminis, aide-de-camp, secretary, clerk, associate, marshal, right-hand, right-hand man, Friday, girl Friday, man Friday, gopher, gofer, candle- holder, bottle-holder, handmaid, servant, puppet, cat's-paw, jackal, tool, dupe, stooge, ame damnee, satellite, adherent, votary, sectarian, secretary, seconder, backer, upholder, abettor, advocate, partisan, champion, patron, friend at court, mediator, angel (theater, entertainment), friend in need, Jack at a pinch, deus ex machina, guardian angel, tutelary genius.

actor's assistant, assistant foreman, assistant professor, chief assistant, dental assistant, legal assistant, medical assistant, personal digital assistant, secretarial assistant, shop assistant, waiter's assistant