maître d'
Example Sentences
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He got into it with the maître d’: “You don’t trust that my date is not going to take pictures?”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2025
"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
At Washington’s upscale Sans Souci restaurant, business was “dragging” during the hearings, its maître d’ said, because people “were home watching television.”
From Washington Post • Jun. 8, 2022
My jacket belongs to the restaurant and was offered as a loan by the maître d’, who apparently thought I would feel more comfortable dressed to lead a high-school marching band.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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