Synonyms for maitre d'hotel

Grammar : Noun

Spell : mey-ter doh-tel, mey-truh; French me-truh doh-tel

Phonetic Transcription : ˌmeɪ tər doʊˈtɛl, ˌmeɪ trə; French ˌmɛ trə doʊˈtɛl

Définition of maitre d'hotel

Origin : 1530s, "head domestic," from French maître d'hôtel, literally "house-master," from Old French maistre "master; skilled worker, educator" (12c.), from Latin magistrum (see magistrate). Sense of "hotel manager, manager of a dining room" is from 1890. Shortened form maître d' is attested from 1942; simple maitre from 1899.

noun dining room attendant

Example sentences :

A maitre d'hotel, however, recognised Catherine and hastened to their rescue.
Extract from : « The Devil's Paw » by E. Phillips Oppenheim

She had previously appointed a maitre d'hotel and a number of domestics.
Extract from : « Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc » by Mark Twain

Place them on a hot dish and cover with maitre d'hotel butter, garnish with watercress, and serve.
Extract from : « Good Things to Eat as Suggested by Rufus » by Rufus Estes

Once in fifteen days each member of the order officiated as maitre d'hotel of De Poutrincourt's table.
Extract from : « Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast » by Samuel Adams Drake

The son laughed; he told the maitre d'hotel that his bill would be paid, and that was all he need to care for.
Extract from : « Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist » by Samuel Smiles

There was a whispered colloquy, and Alan Hawke caught the gleam of the silver neck chain of the maitre d'hotel.
Extract from : « A Fascinating Traitor » by Richard Henry Savage

In the restaurant door against a background of paneled walls the maitre d'hotel still stood, as if watching for my return.
Extract from : « The Firefly Of France » by Marion Polk Angellotti

Pour over them some maitre d'hotel sauce and send to the table in the dish in which they were baked.
Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard

Immediately afterwards, her maitre d'hotel, or a valet de chambre brought her her supper—soup, or something light.
Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon

This was arranged, in order to make it more agreeable to him, by Bonaparte's maitre d'hotel.
Extract from : « Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete » by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne

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