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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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