maître d'hôtel
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Synonym of maître d' (“headwaiter”).
Example Sentences
- "After the first course, the maître d'hôtel came in, holding a silver dish, on which were two fish, which I did not recognise."
- "She had previously appointed a maître d’hôtel and a number of domestics."
- "[Henri] Soulé had decided to keep the Pavillon open, after a fashion, by closing down the salle and serving meals only in the bar and the nouvelle salle, with the help of the non-striking members of his staff—two maîtres d’hôtel, twenty-two chefs and cooks, the cashier, the hat-check girl, and a pantryman."
- "The staff for both cuisine and office were hired and fired by the maître d'hôtel."
Etymology
Borrowed from French maître d'hôtel.