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head waiter

British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

"I don't think it will ever be able to compete with Galician octopus," said head waiter Claudio Gandara.

From Reuters ● Feb. 23, 2022

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

Outside on the terrace under the arcade the German head waiter came up.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

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