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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.
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Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Feb. 2026
Or Sam, the headwaiter at Mommie’s Pub.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 21 Dec. 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
Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Feb. 2026
Or Sam, the headwaiter at Mommie’s Pub.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 21 Dec. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for headwaiter
Noun
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The company Rosi seeks out all seem to be stewards of that connection, whether to the weight of history or each other.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Coleman, another of the union’s stewards, said Browne’s payout comes at a bad time.—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Unlike a lot of women’s history, which reclaims important stories of people who flew under the radar or hid in plain sight—like my last book about jet-age stewardesses—these women were absolutely, definitively visible.—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
14 Mar. 2026
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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,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Headwaiter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headwaiter. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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