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headwaiter

[hed-wey-ter] / ˈhɛdˈweɪ tər /
NOUN
maître d'hôtel
Synonyms
STRONGEST




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Lucey’s headwaiter Don Avalier was reportedly “discovered” there, and screen-tested for a bio-pic of Rudolph Valentino.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2025

As GQ’s Tom Carson put it in 2007, “He’s shrewd, he’s virile, he’s merry, and the camera loves him with the devotion of a headwaiter rushing over to light a billionaire’s cigar.”

From New York Times Oct. 21, 2022

It wasn’t going to be over simply with a snap of the owners’ collective fingers, despite their apparent belief that it should be like calling for a headwaiter and the check.

From Washington Post Jul. 22, 2011

The headwaiter in the lobby is called the maître d’.

From The New Yorker Feb. 15, 1999

They had a son who was studying to be a headwaiter.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway




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