headwaiter

English

Etymology

From head +‎ waiter.

Pronunciation

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Noun

headwaiter (plural headwaiters)

1. A waiter who has a supervisory position over the other wait staff; chief waiter.

Synonyms

• (chiefly US) maître d'

Translations

main supervisory waiter

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 服務生領班 / 服务生领班 (fúwùshēng lǐngbān)

• Esperanto: ĉefkelnero
• Estonian: ülemkelner
• Finnish: hovimestari (fi)
• French: maître d’hôtel (fr) m
• German: Oberkellner (de) m, Oberkellnerin (de) f
• Hungarian: főpincér (hu)
• Italian: capocameriere m
• Japanese: ボーイ長 (bōi-chō), 給仕長 (きゅうじちょう, kyūjichō)
• Romanian: ospătar-șef m, chelner-șef m, oberchelner (ro) m (archaic)
• Russian: метрдоте́ль (ru) m (mɛtrdotɛ́lʹ), метрдоте́ль (ru) m (metrdotɛ́lʹ)
• Spanish: jefe de comedor m
• Swedish: hovmästare (sv) c
• Turkish: başgarson (tr)
• Vietnamese: người đầu bếp (vi), đầu bếp (vi)
• Volapük: (♂♀) lebötan (vo), (♂) hilebötan, (♀) jilebötan