Meaning

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

    Oberkellner, Oberkellnerin, Ober

    метрдоте́льmɛtrdotɛ́lʹ, метрдоте́льmetrdotɛ́lʹ

    метрдоте́льmetrdotélʹ

More definitions
  • a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
main supervisory waiter:
Русский
By meaning 1
main supervisory waiter:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
main supervisory waiter:

Origin

From head + waiter.

From head + waiter.

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Forms

plural: headwaiters
Singularheadwaiter
Pluralheadwaiters

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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