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headwaiter

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




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All these social distinctions and celebrity gradations are the patient work of headwaiters, who eat $5 bills while riding home on the subway.

From Time Magazine Archive

In nearly half a dozen cities, women swept past headwaiters to "liberate" all-male bars and restaurants.

From Time Magazine Archive

Evans touts his magazine's "truth in travel" policy and sniffs at competitor Travel & Leisure as "one seamless travelogue, where all headwaiters bow."

From Time Magazine Archive

At night, Vert�s would make the rounds of the nightclubs, tell the headwaiters he was looking for a party of friends, and stand for a few precious minutes drinking in the scene.

From Time Magazine Archive

He complained of mysterious aches and pains, described himself in the presence of hotel-keepers and headwaiters as a mass of maladies.

From Phantom Fortune, a Novel by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)




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