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