serverPronunciation: /ˈsəːvə/Translate server | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of server noun 1a person or thing that serves. North American a waiter or waitress. Christian Church a person assisting the celebrant at the celebration of the Eucharist. 2a computer or computer program which manages access to a centralized resource or service in a network: the software runs on a variety of Unix serversserver in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of server in the US English dictionary