waitron

== English == === Etymology 1 === Coined as a gender-neutral substitute for waiter and waitress, this is one of the few words with the gender-neutral suffix -ron to have seen much use, probably re-inforced by rhyming with patron. (Some references instead analyse it as using the same "machinelike" suffix -tron as waitron (“mechanical waiter”), but more likely it uses -ron like laundron and like waiter and waitress use -er/-ress not *-ter/*-tress.) ==== Noun ==== waitron (plural waitrons) (nonstandard, rare) A waiter or waitress. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:waitron. ===== Synonyms ===== waitperson waitstaff (collective) server ==== References ==== === Etymology 2 === From waiter + -tron. ==== Noun ==== waitron (plural waitrons) (dated, science fiction) A robotic or mechanical waiter.