Sentence:  With adolescent perversity, he turned up his nose at all of the elegant French items on the Closerie's menu and scandalized the <WSD>waitron</WSD> by demanding corned-beef hash—fried extra crisp—with poached eggs, a slice of fresh papaya with lime, banana-walnut bread, and a pitcher of Mexican chocolate. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A waiter or waitress.