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headwaiter

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




Example Sentences

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He didn’t get the starring role but he did get other movie parts, often playing … a headwaiter.

From Los Angeles Times

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

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

From Washington Post

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

Liang Chen, 52, a headwaiter, was setting tables and welcoming his regular customers back as old friends.

From New York Times