headwaiter

Example Sentences

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He didn’t get the starring role but he did get other movie parts, often playing … a headwaiter.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025

James Oliver Gibson was born in Atlanta on April 1, 1934, to a hotel headwaiter and a homemaker.

From Washington Post • Aug. 30, 2022

During the trial, Mr. Schettino admitted that he had committed an “imprudence” when he decided to sail near the island of Giglio at high speed to greet the family of the ship’s headwaiter.

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2022

The headwaiter in the lobby is called the maître d’.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 15, 1999

They had a son who was studying to be a headwaiter.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway