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headwaiter

noun

Definition of headwaiter

as in maître d'

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Recent Examples of headwaiter The headwaiter came, and said there was a phone call for me, and Gloria rose to take it. — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Feb. 2026 Or Sam, the headwaiter at Mommie’s Pub. — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2025 Assistant headwaiter Eric Matiko makes the best cocktails, like a Highlands buttered rum with rooibos and cinnamon that staves off the chilly evenings. — Saumya Ancheri, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Apr. 2022 Liang Chen, 52, a headwaiter, was setting tables and welcoming his regular customers back as old friends. — Anjali Tsui, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2021

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the steward of those bond buybacks, skipped this year’s conference ahead of G-20 talks in North Carolina.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026
The steward of this American treasure since the patriarch died in 2013, Jeanie Buss dug in her Christian Louboutin heels in a fight to keep her family in the hierarchy of the purple and gold.

— Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of steward

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Once-acceptable gendered terms, such as mankind and stewardess, have been replaced with alternatives.

— Jo Mackiewicz, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026
Set in 1992 Rhode Island, Rubber Hut follows an entrepreneurial ex-Pan Am stewardess who opens a drive-thru condom kiosk in her Italian Catholic town.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 June 2026

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