waitron
waitron · waitrons
A robotic or mechanical waiterA robotic or mechanical waiter.
Meaning
2 senses(nonstandard, rare)A waiter or waitress.
(dated)A robotic or mechanical waiter.
Origin
Coined as a gender-neutral substitute for waiter and waitress, this is one of the few wordCoined 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.)
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