maîtres d'hôtel
- plural of maître d'hôtel.
Example Sentences
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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
There were no smooth-faced maîtres d'hôtel to conduct new arrivals to a table, no lift to the upper rooms, no palm-lined stairways, or any of the modern appurtenances of restaurant life.
From The Mischief Maker by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
One of the chief maîtres d’hôtel handed him his straw hat and cane, two waiters stood behind his chair, the manager hurried forward to see that the way was clear for him.
From The Black Box by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
Forty-nine physicians, thirty-eight surgeons, six apothecaries, thirteen preachers, one hundred and forty maîtres d'hôtel, ninety ladies of honor to the queen, in the sixteenth century!
From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 3 France and the Netherlands, Part 1 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)
