Meanings
nounheadwaiter (plural headwaiters)
plural headwaiters
- A waiter who has a supervisory position over the other wait staff; chief waiter.
Synonyms: maître d', maître d'hôtel
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA waiter who has a supervisory position over the other wait staff; chief waiter.
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More synonyms by meaning
nouna dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers
Broader
dining-room attendantrestaurant attendant
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Origin
Translations
Bulgarian метрдоте́л
- метрдоте́л (metrdotél)main supervisory waiter
Chinese Mandarin 服務生領班 /服务生领班
- 服務生領班 /服务生领班 (fúwùshēng lǐngbān)main supervisory waiter
Danish overtjener
- overtjenermain supervisory waiter
Dutch hoofdkelner
- hoofdkelnermain supervisory waiter
Esperanto ĉefkelnero
- ĉefkelneromain supervisory waiter
Estonian ülemkelner
- ülemkelnermain supervisory waiter
Finnish hovimestari
- hovimestarimain supervisory waiter
French maître d’hôtel
- maître d’hôtelmain supervisory waiter
German Oberkellner, Oberkellnerin
- Oberkellnermain supervisory waiter
- Oberkellnerinmain supervisory waiter
- Obermain supervisory waiter
Greek μετρ ντ’ οτέλ
- μετρ ντ’ οτέλ (metr nt’ otél)main supervisory waiter
Hungarian főpincér
- főpincérmain supervisory waiter
Italian capocameriere
- capocamerieremain supervisory waiter
Japanese ボーイ長, 給仕長
- ボーイ長 (bōi-chō)main supervisory waiter
- 給仕長 (kyūjichō)main supervisory waiter
- メートル・ドテル (mētoru-doteru)main supervisory waiter
- ヘッド・ウェイター (heddo-weitā)main supervisory waiter
- メートル・ディ (mētoru-di)main supervisory waiter
Korean 급사장
- 급사장 (geupsajang)main supervisory waiter
Norwegian Bokmål hovmester
- hovmestermain supervisory waiter
Polish główny kelner
- główny kelnermain supervisory waiter
Romanian ospătar-șef, chelner-șef
- ospătar-șefmain supervisory waiter
- chelner-șefmain supervisory waiter
- oberchelnermain supervisory waiter
Russian метрдоте́ль, метрдоте́ль
- метрдоте́ль (mɛtrdotɛ́lʹ)main supervisory waiter
- метрдоте́ль (metrdotɛ́lʹ)main supervisory waiter
Spanish jefe de comedor
- jefe de comedormain supervisory waiter
Swedish hovmästare
- hovmästaremain supervisory waiter
Turkish başgarson, metrdotel
- başgarsonmain supervisory waiter
- metrdotelmain supervisory waiter
- şef garsonmain supervisory waiter
Ukrainian метрдоте́ль
- метрдоте́ль (metrdotélʹ)main supervisory waiter
Vietnamese người đầu bếp, đầu bếp
- người đầu bếpmain supervisory waiter
- đầu bếpmain supervisory waiter
Cite this entry
APA
headwaiter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/headwaiter
MLA
“headwaiter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/headwaiter. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “headwaiter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/headwaiter.
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