head waiter

British  

noun

1. a waiter who supervises the activities of other waiters and arranges the seating of guests

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head waiter

Speaking to Le Parisien newspaper, local resident and head waiter at the Moulin Rouge in the 1980s, André Duval, said: "Paris without its windmill is like Paris without its Eiffel Tower".

From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2024

The place had been nearly packed nightly just a few weeks ago before Omicron wiped out business, said head waiter Juan Lozano.

From Reuters ● Dec. 31, 2021

He looked, Thomsen recalls, “so much like a pale, pouchy, and cruelly overworked head waiter that every civilian there, I felt, was trying very hard not to hand him a tip.”

From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2014

So my goal is to become the head waiter.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2013

The head waiter marched into the room flanked by the drummers and fifers, rolling a huge roast before him.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy