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maître d'
noun as in maître d'hôtel
Strongest match
noun as in steward
Strongest matches
Example Sentences
While seeking acting jobs, the trade publication reported, Tana started as a dishwasher at the Villa Capri restaurant in Hollywood, before eventually becoming the maitre d’ at La Scala in Beverly Hills.
Flanked by tuxedoed servers and the maître d’, she announced the founder’s death, mostly silencing the crowded dining room.
He got into it with the maître d’: “You don’t trust that my date is not going to take pictures?”
These characters barely raise their voices and often use their abilities on the mundane: Kirby’s Sue vanishes to avoid awkward conversations, Moss-Bachrach’s Ben, in a nod to his breakout role as the maître d’ on “The Bear,” uses his mighty fists to mash garlic.
“They’re like a private maitre d’ now,” said Nicky Haslam, 84, the English interior designer and social fixture.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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