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maître d'hôtel /ˌmeɪtrə dəʊˈtɛl / /mɛtʀ dotɛl/(also maître d' /ˌmeɪtrə ˈdiː/) noun (plural maîtres d'hôtel pronounced same, or maître d's)1The head waiter of a restaurant.The maître d's also have to keep up with who has dined at Nobu recently....- No one works a room like Ralph Fredericks, the flamboyant maître d' who keeps the mood light at the new Famoso.
- Queen of maître d's, Elena Salvoni, 87, has served everyone from Princess Diana to Sean Connery.
1.1The manager of a hotel. OriginMid 16th century: French, literally 'master of (the) house'. RhymesAdele, Aix-la-Chapelle, aquarelle, artel, au naturel, bagatelle, béchamel, befell, bell, belle, boatel, Brunel, Cadell, carousel, cartel, cell, Chanel, chanterelle, clientele, Clonmel, compel, Cornell, crime passionnel, dell, demoiselle, dispel, dwell, el, ell, Estelle, excel, expel, farewell, fell, Fidel, fontanelle, foretell, Gabrielle, gazelle, gel, Giselle, hell, hotel, impel, knell, lapel, mademoiselle, Manuel, marcel, matériel, mesdemoiselles, Michel, Michelle, Miguel, misspell, morel, moschatel, Moselle, motel, muscatel, nacelle, Nell, Nobel, Noel, organelle, outsell, Parnell, pell-mell, personnel, propel, quell, quenelle, rappel, Raquel, Ravel, rebel, repel, Rochelle, Sahel, sardelle, sell, shell, show-and-tell, smell, Snell, spell, spinel, swell, tell, undersell, vielle, villanelle, well, yell |