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Recent Examples of headwaiter
Or Sam, the headwaiter at Mommie’s Pub.
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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
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
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
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
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Deck stewards regularly spray down the decks to keep them clean and prevent salt corrosion.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Jan. 2026
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When the National Western brought back the draft horse show in 1981 after a 40-year hiatus, Dennis was the ring steward.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
24 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Eight years before her death, the former stewardess campaigned for the Democratic Party of President Boris Tadic, the Times reported.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
26 Jan. 2026
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Her mother worked on board as a stewardess, preparing meals for the crew.—
Michael Waters,
New Yorker,
3 Jan. 2026
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“Headwaiter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headwaiter. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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