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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

James Oliver Gibson was born in Atlanta on April 1, 1934, to a hotel headwaiter and a homemaker.

From Washington Post • Aug. 30, 2022

During the trial, Mr. Schettino admitted that he had committed an “imprudence” when he decided to sail near the island of Giglio at high speed to greet the family of the ship’s headwaiter.

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2022

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

From The New Yorker • Feb. 15, 1999

He looked about for the headwaiter and saw none, so he lumbered through the few old men scattered about at tables in the gloom and seated himself at a small table directly beneath the stage.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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