headwaiter

English

Etymology

head +‎ waiter

Pronunciation

Audio (US) (file)

Noun

headwaiter (plural headwaiters)

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

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