Busboy
noun
A young man who works in a restaurant, clearing and cleaning tables and bringing dishes to the kitchen.
The restaurant owner hired a new busboy.
Often appears as...
- hire a busboy
- work as a busboy
noun
A young man who works in a restaurant, clearing and cleaning tables and bringing dishes to the kitchen.
The restaurant owner hired a new busboy.
Often appears as...
- hire a busboy
- work as a busboy
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Gender Neutral
While 'busboy' implies young males, it's used for all genders in restaurants today.
Jenny is the fastest busboy we've had.
Pro Tip 2/3Entry-Level Job
A 'busboy' position is typically a beginner role in the restaurant industry.
He started as a busboy before becoming a chef.
Pro Tip 3/3Casual Term
The word 'busboy' is casual, suited for everyday conversation, not formal writing.
Our busboy also refills water glasses.
Pro Tip 1/3Gender Neutral
While 'busboy' implies young males, it's used for all genders in restaurants today.
Jenny is the fastest busboy we've had.
Pro Tip 2/3Entry-Level Job
A 'busboy' position is typically a beginner role in the restaurant industry.
He started as a busboy before becoming a chef.
Pro Tip 3/3Casual Term
The word 'busboy' is casual, suited for everyday conversation, not formal writing.
Our busboy also refills water glasses.
Pro Tip 1/3Gender Neutral
While 'busboy' implies young males, it's used for all genders in restaurants today.
Jenny is the fastest busboy we've had.
Pro Tip 2/3Entry-Level Job
A 'busboy' position is typically a beginner role in the restaurant industry.
He started as a busboy before becoming a chef.
Pro Tip 3/3Casual Term
The word 'busboy' is casual, suited for everyday conversation, not formal writing.
Our busboy also refills water glasses.
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Quote examples
Jess Weixler
American Actress
I've done a lot of odd jobs, including waitressing, which most actors have done. I was a busboy - girl - when I was younger and sold things at little fairs when I was younger. I mostly related the role to being a waitress and having to deal with customers. There are good people and some not-so-good people.
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Jackie Mason
American Comedian
If I'm a busboy in Philadelphia, then I have to be careful about what I say. But if I'm a public tycoon like Jerry Seinfeld, and I got a billion dollars in my pocket, he's got to be nuts to wonder or worry about what people are going to think.
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Jo Koy
American Comedian
I was working at Nordstrom Rack, Borders Books, and I was cleaning yachts on the weekends for private parties and being a busboy. I had to break down the tables and roll the forks up in napkins. And I was still doing standup.
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Antoni Porowski
Canadian Actor
I was a busboy, a waiter, a manager, a sommelier... like... all of it from a family-run Polish restaurant, with, like, grandmas in the basement hand-making pierogies, to working at Bond Street for a while. I've done it all.
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Demian Bichir
Mexican Actor
I wanted to give my actor a break. I wanted to live and to learn English. I wanted to be anything, a cabdriver, a busboy, anything to keep me away from acting for a while.
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Edmund White
American Novelist
When my lover Hubert Sorin was dying of AIDS, he was always trying to fix me up - posthumously, as it were - with the cute busboy at the hotel.
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Zach Galifianakis
American Actor
Actually, I used to be a busboy in a strip joint in New York and so I hate strip joints. I'm not that kind of person.
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Bruce Rauner
American Businessman
When I was young, I had minimum wage jobs as a busboy, flipping burgers and parking cars.
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David Spade
American Actor
To make money I picked up work as a busboy, valet parker, skateboard shop employee.
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Max Aaron
American Athlete
I was a host and a busboy and a barback.
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Jess Weixler
American Actress
I've done a lot of odd jobs, including waitressing, which most actors have done. I was a busboy - girl - when I was younger and sold things at little fairs when I was younger. I mostly related the role to being a waitress and having to deal with customers. There are good people and some not-so-good people.
Quote examples
Jackie Mason
American Comedian
If I'm a busboy in Philadelphia, then I have to be careful about what I say. But if I'm a public tycoon like Jerry Seinfeld, and I got a billion dollars in my pocket, he's got to be nuts to wonder or worry about what people are going to think.
Quote examples
Jo Koy
American Comedian
I was working at Nordstrom Rack, Borders Books, and I was cleaning yachts on the weekends for private parties and being a busboy. I had to break down the tables and roll the forks up in napkins. And I was still doing standup.
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Antoni Porowski
Canadian Actor
I was a busboy, a waiter, a manager, a sommelier... like... all of it from a family-run Polish restaurant, with, like, grandmas in the basement hand-making pierogies, to working at Bond Street for a while. I've done it all.
Quote examples
Demian Bichir
Mexican Actor
I wanted to give my actor a break. I wanted to live and to learn English. I wanted to be anything, a cabdriver, a busboy, anything to keep me away from acting for a while.
Quote examples
Edmund White
American Novelist
When my lover Hubert Sorin was dying of AIDS, he was always trying to fix me up - posthumously, as it were - with the cute busboy at the hotel.
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Zach Galifianakis
American Actor
Actually, I used to be a busboy in a strip joint in New York and so I hate strip joints. I'm not that kind of person.
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Bruce Rauner
American Businessman
When I was young, I had minimum wage jobs as a busboy, flipping burgers and parking cars.
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David Spade
American Actor
To make money I picked up work as a busboy, valet parker, skateboard shop employee.
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Max Aaron
American Athlete
I was a host and a busboy and a barback.
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