awaiter
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English awaytur; equivalent to await + -er.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Noun
[edit]awaiter (plural awaiters)
- One who awaits.
- 1916, Edith Wharton, “The Long Wards”, in The Book of the Homeless:
- these awaiters of articulate acknowledgment
- (programming) An object that waits for the completion of an asynchronous task.