headwaiter

[ hed-wey-ter ]

/ ˈhɛdˈweɪ tər /

a person in charge of waiters, busboys, etc., in a restaurant or dining car.

Origin of headwaiter

First recorded in 1795–1805; head + waiter

sub·head·wait·er, noun

James, the headwaiter, has told me thirteen different stories of the haunted room of this hotel.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 1, 1890 |Various
First he appears as a drill sergeant, then as a headwaiter, then as a gas collector, then as some other familiar fellow.

Europe After 8:15 |H. L. Mencken, George Jean Nathan and Willard Huntington Wright
The three watched with interest as the headwaiter went to the door and returned leading a short, dark man.

The Golden Skull |John Blaine
The headwaiter approached casually, as though surveying the table.

The Cab of the Sleeping Horse |John Reed Scott

When they were seated the headwaiter said, "The moosels vit sauce marinire are nize to-nide."

We Can't Have Everything |Rupert Hughes