maître d'hôtel

Borrowed from French maître d’hôtel.

maître d'hôtel

1. Alternative form of maître d'
   • 1866, Alexandre Dumas, Memoires of a Maître D'armes; Or, Eighteen Months at St. Petersburg, page 106:

     After the first course, the maître d'hôtel came in, holding a silver dish, on which were two fish, which I did not recognise.

   • 1920, The Hotel World: The Hotel and Travelers Journal, volume 90, page 47:

     Julius Vanice, the maitre d'hotel of the Pennsylvania, New York City, came to that position from the Detroit Statler.

   • 2011, Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, Savoring the Past: The French Kitchen and Table from 1300 to 1789, page 102:

     The staff for both cuisine and office were hired and fired by maitre d'hôtel.

From maître +‎ de +‎ hôtel.

• IPA^(key): /mɛ.tʁə d‿o.tɛl/, /me.tʁə d‿o.tɛl/

maître d’hôtel m (plural maîtres d’hôtel)

1. the person in charge of the team of waiters in a restaurant or hotel
2. a headwaiter; major-domo

• English: maître d' (US)
• Russian: метрдоте́ль (metrdotɛ́lʹ)

• barman
• serveur