different between caterer vs waterer

English

Etymology

From cater +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?ke?t????/

Noun

caterer (plural caterers)

1. A person employed to obtain and maintain the storage of provisions, especially food.
   • 1821 June 19, ”Peregrine,” The Traveller: Letter IV, in The Kaleidoscope; Or, Literary and Scientific Mirror, page 401,

     It was in vain that I petitioned, appealing to our caterer, if proofs of appetite were wanting; for sick men seldom have occasion for that important person?s services.

   • 1830, Frederick Marryat, The King?s Own, 1840, The Complete Works of Captain F. Marryatt, Volume I, page 335,

     “I say, Mr. Cribbage,” cried an old master?s-mate, to the caterer, who had entered shortly after the tea-kettles, and assumed his place at the end of the table, “what sort of stuff do you call this?”

   • 1838, The Southern Literary Messenger, Volume IV, page 263,

     There is a caterer for the table, whose sleekness of face, rotundity of person, and general air of comfortable well-being, do great honor to the cheer he provides.

2. A person or company hired to provide and serve food, usually for a large group and at a location separate from where the food is prepared.
   • 1979 July 23, Andrew O. Shapiro, Of Canceled Parties and the Beleaguered Teenager, New York, page 64,

     If so, you will probably sign a contract with a caterer months, maybe years, in advance and make a substantial down payment.

   • 1994, John N. Ingham, Lynne B. Feldman, Dutrieuille, Peter Albert (1838—1916) and Albert E. Dutrieuille (July 26, 1877—April 25, 1974), entry in African-American Business Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary, page 225,

     From a family of French West African descent, Albert Dutrieuille was the last of the great African-American caterers in Philadelphia.

Synonyms

• (person responsible for provisions): cater (obsolete), manciple, obsonator (obsolete), steward
• (person or company hired to provide food):

Related terms

• cater
• catering

Translations

See also

• provisioner

Anagrams

• Terrace, reacter, recrate, retrace, terrace

English

Etymology

water +? -er

Noun

waterer (plural waterers)

1. One who waters plants.
   • 2007, Eleanor Crawforth, Stephen Procter, Michael Schmidt, New Poetries IV (page 86)

     She has dabbled in jobs as various as plant-waterer for a garden centre, trackwork rider for a racehorse trainer and librarian's assistant […]

2. One who waters down, or dilutes, something.
   • 1980, Official Journal of the European Communities

     Any Community funds intended for wine producers should benefit the producers and not the manufacturers of false labels, the forgers of transit papers, the mixers or waterers of wine or the resourceful characters who defy science and produce wine without using any grapes whatsoever.

3. A device used for watering.

   She installed an automatic waterer for her garden.

4. A device from which livestock, poultry, or pets may drink.

   Clean the chicks' waterer each time you refill it.

Synonyms

• (device from which poultry drink): fount

Translations

Anagrams

• rewater, wererat