waitered

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past tense and past participle of waiter.

   He waitered at the hotel restaurant for two summers.

   By the time she graduated, she had waitered in four cities.

   Note

   Here the word is a regular verb. One form, waiter plus -ed, does double duty as the simple past (he waitered for two summers) and, after have, the perfect (she had waitered in four cities). The verb means working as a waiter, an ongoing occupation rather than a single act. It sits naturally with spans of time and places, such as for years or at a hotel, and it takes no object.

2. 2
   adjective

   Having a waiter or waiters in attendance to serve guests.

   The wedding featured a fully waitered sit-down dinner for two hundred guests.

   Most guests preferred the waitered service to fending for themselves at the counter.

   Note

   An adjective built like bearded or walled: the noun waiter plus -ed, meaning "supplied with". It pairs with service and restaurant, where it marks table service as the alternative to self-service. It can also follow a verb (all service must be waitered). It takes no more or most, and many-waitered is how to intensify it. Its twin in spelling is the past tense of the verb: a waitered restaurant has staff, while someone who waitered there was one of them.

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