maître d'hôtel

Definition

Synonym of maître d' (“headwaiter”).

Etymology

Borrowed from French maître d'hôtel.

Example Sentences

• "After the first course, the maître d'hôtel came in, holding a silver dish, on which were two fish, which I did not recognise."
• "She had previously appointed a maître d’hôtel and a number of domestics."
• "[Henri] Soulé had decided to keep the Pavillon open, after a fashion, by closing down the salle and serving meals only in the bar and the nouvelle salle, with the help of the non-striking members of his staff—two maîtres d’hôtel, twenty-two chefs and cooks, the cashier, the hat-check girl, and a pantryman."