headwaiter

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Recent Examples of headwaiter 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for headwaiter
Noun
  • These people serve as stewards of our public institutions and have the best interests of our children as their priority.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
  • While the film is a sexy, frothy romp, on the one hand, the film also casts Doris Day as Babe, a feisty union steward.
    Kathy M. Newman, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Soon, a stewardess appears carrying a tray holding glasses of champagne, water, and orange juice.
    Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Ditte Perschke, the youngest of three sisters from a small town in Denmark, studied Service & Hotel Management in Copenhagen before swapping hotels for the elite world of luxury yachts, working as a chief stewardess catering to the demands of high-profile owners.
    Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025

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