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headwaiter

noun

Definition of headwaiter

as in maître d'

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Recent Examples of headwaiter The headwaiter came, and said there was a phone call for me, and Gloria rose to take it. — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Feb. 2026 Or Sam, the headwaiter at Mommie’s Pub. — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2025 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 Liang Chen, 52, a headwaiter, was setting tables and welcoming his regular customers back as old friends. — Anjali Tsui, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2021

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Stewart and Wilson have been the co-stewards of this era of USA Basketball, but the New York Liberty superstar is the only one in Berlin.

— Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Taylor Swift’s love of historical homes Swift has proven to be a careful steward of architectural history.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of steward

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Once-acceptable gendered terms, such as mankind and stewardess, have been replaced with alternatives.

— Jo Mackiewicz, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026
Set in 1992 Rhode Island, Rubber Hut follows an entrepreneurial ex-Pan Am stewardess who opens a drive-thru condom kiosk in her Italian Catholic town.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 June 2026

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