headwaiter

English

From head +‎ waiter.

headwaiter (plural headwaiters)

A waiter who has a supervisory position over the other wait staff; chief waiter.
Synonyms: maître d' (informal, chiefly US), maître d'hôtel

main supervisory waiter

Belarusian: метрдатэ́ль m (mjetrdatélʹ), мэтрдатэ́ль m (metrdatélʹ)
Bulgarian: метрдоте́л (bg) m (metrdotél)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 服務生領班 / 服务生领班 (fúwùshēng lǐngbān)
Danish: overtjener c
Dutch: hoofdkelner m
Esperanto: ĉefkelnero
Estonian: ülemkelner
Finnish: hovimestari (fi)
French: maître d’hôtel (fr) m
German: Oberkellner (de) m, Oberkellnerin (de) f, Ober (de) m
Greek: μετρ ντ’ οτέλ m (metr nt’ otél)
Hungarian: főpincér (hu)
Italian: capocameriere m
Japanese: ボーイ長 (ボーイちょう, bōi-chō), 給仕長 (きゅうじちょう, kyūjichō), メートル・ドテル (mētoru-doteru), ヘッド・ウェイター (heddo-weitā), メートル・ディ (mētoru-di)
Korean: 급사장(給仕長) (geupsajang)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hovmester m
Polish: główny kelner m
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), metrdotel (tr), şef garson (tr)
Ukrainian: метрдоте́ль m (metrdotélʹ)
Vietnamese: người đầu bếp (vi), đầu bếp (vi)
Volapük: (♂♀) lebötan (vo), (♂) hilebötan, (♀) jilebötan