maître d'

Example Sentences

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"I don't really see him as Fred Sirieix the maître d', I don't see him as anything other than my dad."

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2024

He knows seemingly every staff member, from the maître d’ to the waiters.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 12, 2023

For much of the game, being a Raiders offensive lineman frequently meant being an oversized maître d’: “Your running back, sir.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2021

So Bill told me that he summoned the maître d’ over.

From New York Times • May 13, 2021

The three of them trooped to the back of the restaurant where the maître d' had directed, and down a narrow flight of stairs, lit gloomily by little lamps hung in archways.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez