head table

noun

1. the principal table, as at a banquet or conference, often at the head of a row of tables or raised on a dais, where the presiding officer, chief speaker, guests of honor, etc., are seated.

Example Sentences

Everything changed in early June, when the PGA Tour pulled off its own surprise by abruptly announcing that it had agreed in principle, along with the European tour, to join the Saudi backers of LIV in a commercial partnership that gave the Saudis what they wanted most of all: a seat at golf’s head table and another step toward sportswashing their terrible record on human rights.

From Washington Times

Meanwhile, two of the most treacherous unregistered ChiCom lobbyists during my Trump years, Black Rock’s Larry Fink and Blackstone’s Steve Schwarzman, broke bread at the head table.

From Washington Times

Mr. Schumer ended up at the head table with the president and first lady, as did the fashion designer Ralph Lauren, who designed Dr. Biden’s sequined green gown.

From New York Times

The president, dapper in a tuxedo, seemed relaxed as he sat at the head table on the dais along with Vice President Harris and other VIPs in the vast subterranean ballroom of the Washington Hilton.

From Washington Post

Ozzy, the perpetually dazed heavy-metal pioneer, flung himself into the spirit of things, making his way to the front of the room, where Bush was seated at the head table.

From Washington Post