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Or as a headwaiter. Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, dearmissmanners@gmail.com; or through postal mail to Miss Manners, Andrews McMeel Syndication, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, MO 64106.
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Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2024
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
Go get the flowers, Casey Kasem.’ She and Tony are the headwaiters.
—New York Times, 3 Mar. 2020
Many of the notations track information attributed to the headwaiter Leon Gaskill in a 1957 Holiday magazine article, suggesting that Mr. Dewey took his own notes while the reporter interviewed Mr. Gaskill.
—John Freeman Gill, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2020
According to the Holiday story, the headwaiter was a 51-year veteran of Gage & Tollner at the time, meaning his restaurant memories reached back to the first decade of the 1900s.
—John Freeman Gill, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2020
The headwaiter looked like a ’tacheless Salvador Dalí and drank a ball of cognac and was sustained.
—Kevin Barry, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019
Antonello Tievoli, headwaiter on the Costa Concordia, stepped onto the bridge of the cruise ship at 9:15 pm on Friday, Jan. 13, of this year.
—Barbara S. Peterson, Popular Mechanics, 14 July 2014
Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2024
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
Go get the flowers, Casey Kasem.’ She and Tony are the headwaiters.
—New York Times, 3 Mar. 2020
Many of the notations track information attributed to the headwaiter Leon Gaskill in a 1957 Holiday magazine article, suggesting that Mr. Dewey took his own notes while the reporter interviewed Mr. Gaskill.
—John Freeman Gill, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2020
According to the Holiday story, the headwaiter was a 51-year veteran of Gage & Tollner at the time, meaning his restaurant memories reached back to the first decade of the 1900s.
—John Freeman Gill, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2020
The headwaiter looked like a ’tacheless Salvador Dalí and drank a ball of cognac and was sustained.
—Kevin Barry, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019
Antonello Tievoli, headwaiter on the Costa Concordia, stepped onto the bridge of the cruise ship at 9:15 pm on Friday, Jan. 13, of this year.
—Barbara S. Peterson, Popular Mechanics, 14 July 2014
Recent Examples of Synonyms for headwaiter
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In 2003, Lauren sold the Giallo Modena–colored F50 to its current stewards.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
16 Apr. 2025
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Meanwhile, the race director’s event notes for each race remind the competitors that the stewards will invalidate a lap during qualifying and the race when a driver fails to stay within track limits.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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Little is known about stewardess Violet Jessop, who tells of the friendships and loves of the below-decks serving crew.—
Kay Johnson,
Twin Cities,
15 Apr. 2024
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Yasmin asks her father on the boat, after finding him mid-coitus with the stewardess.—
Naomi Fry,
The New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2024
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“Headwaiter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headwaiter. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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