Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person who is in charge of the wait staff in a restaurant and is often responsible for taking reservations and seating guests.
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- noun A
waiter who has asupervisory position over the other waitstaff . (chief waiter)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers
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Examples
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"Perhaps I'd better call the headwaiter, sir," the golem said stiffly.
It Could Be Anything Keith Laumer 1959
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Even though he was starting as an assistant waiter, he was excited about his job and the opportunity to advance to a headwaiter.
Daily Readings from Love Your Life Victoria Osteen 2011
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He soon discovered that the headwaiter to whom he reported was a very difficult woman.
Daily Readings from Love Your Life Victoria Osteen 2011
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Tom/Manicka was a headwaiter and had achieved a complete and utter adaptation of the flat American accent.
Passeridae Wendy Wimmer 2011
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He even stayed at the restaurant long enough to achieve his goal of advancing to headwaiter himself!
Daily Readings from Love Your Life Victoria Osteen 2011
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He soon discovered that the headwaiter to whom he reported was a very difficult woman.
Daily Readings from Love Your Life Victoria Osteen 2011
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Fifty-two years old, with silver threads in his light brown hair, ice blue eyes, and an imperious manner, he was the kind of man who could intimidate a headwaiter or a subordinate with a single chilling glance.
I’ll Walk Alone Mary Higgins Clark 2011
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He even stayed at the restaurant long enough to achieve his goal of advancing to headwaiter himself!
Daily Readings from Love Your Life Victoria Osteen 2011
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Even though he was starting as an assistant waiter, he was excited about his job and the opportunity to advance to a headwaiter.
Daily Readings from Love Your Life Victoria Osteen 2011
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Dan Donohue, who plays the title role in the OSF production of "Hamlet" that I praised in this space last week, doubles as the snobbish headwaiter of "She Loves Me," and he turns out to be as good a comedian as he is a tragedian.
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