headwaiter

noun

head·​wait·​er ˈhed-ˈwā-tər How to pronounce headwaiter (audio)
: the head of the dining-room staff of a restaurant or hotel

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For the average guest, $17pp per day is charged to your shipboard account, to cover gratuities for headwaiters, waiters, bus staff and room stewards. Debbi Kickham, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025 Featured Recipe Mint Julep View Recipe → For dinner after the race, served over a tablecloth: roast beef with potatoes, watercress and Henry Bain sauce, a condiment that came out of Louisville’s Pendennis Club during the 19th century and is named for the headwaiter there who developed it. Sam Sifton, New York Times, 2 May 2025 Or as a headwaiter. Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, dearmissmanners@gmail.com; or through postal mail to Miss Manners, Andrews McMeel Syndication, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, MO 64106. Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2024 Assistant headwaiter Eric Matiko makes the best cocktails, like a Highlands buttered rum with rooibos and cinnamon that staves off the chilly evenings. Saumya Ancheri, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Apr. 2022 The headwaiter looked like a ’tacheless Salvador Dalí and drank a ball of cognac and was sustained. Kevin Barry, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019

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First Known Use

1714, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of headwaiter was in 1714

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“Headwaiter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headwaiter. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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headwaiter

noun
head·​wait·​er -ˈwāt-ər How to pronounce headwaiter (audio)
: the head of the dining-room staff of a restaurant or hotel

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