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It was a pair of maîtres d’hôtel at Le Pavillon, Fred Decré and Robert Meyzen, who started Le Caravelle, naming it after the type of three-sailed 15th-century ship used by Christopher Columbus.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2014

They will turn up in suits that fit as though borrowed from Dad, or in shirts with wing collars best left to maîtres d’hôtel, or in colors that make them look like Steve Van Zandt.

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2012

In the background several of the maîtres d'hôtel had gathered obsequiously around.

From The Double Traitor by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

Her uncle turned his head, and immediately two maîtres d'hôtel and several waiters came rushing up.

From The Governors by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

She was perfectly practical and gave us some very useful hints—said she supposed we wanted some of their maîtres d'hôtel.

From Chateau and Country Life in France by Waddington, Mary Alsop King