head-waiter

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The costuming is mixed-period – Victorian ballgowns, tulle cabaret frocks and little black numbers for the women, a variety of head-waiter fashions for the men – and the music is a medley of melancholy strings.

Cruel; In Pieces 2010
It was he who once said, The prime minister of Canada is not the head-waiter of the provinces.

Minority Rules Caroline Van Hasselt 2010
Along the walls were many tables with pink-shaded lights, and a resplendent head-waiter stood haughtily at the entrance.

Dear Carl Ginny Woods 2010
“If I did go,” he explained privately just beforehand, “they would probably make me the head-waiter.”

The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008
“If I did go,” he explained privately just beforehand, “they would probably make me the head-waiter.”

The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008
Then he rang up the head-waiter, and ordered with intense care a very lavish luncheon.

The Torrents of Spring 2006
The head-waiter, accompanied by two other attendants, brought in several dishes under silver covers.

The Torrents of Spring 2006
The head-waiter obsequiously bowed, and cringingly withdrew.

The Torrents of Spring 2006
But my head-waiter man — it was furnished for a friend of his — he says he likes it better than any other room in the house.

Our Mr. Wrenn 2004
The head-waiter, recognizing Ratterer and Hegglund and Kinsella as old patrons, had two tables put together and butter and bread and glasses brought.

An American Tragedy 2004