"headwaiter" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-headwaiter.wav [US] Forms: headwaiters [plural]
Etymology: head + waiter Etymology templates: {{compound|en|head|waiter}} head + waiter Head templates: {{en-noun}} headwaiter (plural headwaiters)
  1. A waiter who has a supervisory position over the other wait staff; chief waiter. Categories (topical): Occupations Synonyms: maître d' [US] Translations (main supervisory waiter): 服務生領班 (Chinese Mandarin), 服务生领班 (fúwùshēng lǐngbān) (Chinese Mandarin), ĉefkelnero (Esperanto), ülemkelner (Estonian), hovimestari (Finnish), maître d’hôtel [masculine] (French), Oberkellner [masculine] (German), Oberkellnerin [feminine] (German), főpincér (Hungarian), capocameriere [masculine] (Italian), ボーイ長 (bōi-chō) (Japanese), 給仕長 (kyūjichō) (alt: きゅうじちょう) (Japanese), ospătar-șef [masculine] (Romanian), chelner-șef [masculine] (Romanian), oberchelner [archaic, masculine] (Romanian), метрдоте́ль (mɛtrdotɛ́lʹ) [masculine] (Russian), метрдоте́ль (metrdotɛ́lʹ) [masculine] (Russian), jefe de comedor [masculine] (Spanish), hovmästare [common-gender] (Swedish), başgarson (Turkish), người đầu bếp (Vietnamese), đầu bếp (Vietnamese), lebötan [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), hilebötan [masculine] (Volapük), jilebötan [feminine] (Volapük)

Inflected forms

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