MAITRE D'HOTEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does maitre d'hotel mean? 

• MAITRE D'HOTEL (noun)
  The noun MAITRE D'HOTEL has 1 sense:

1. a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers

  Familiarity information: MAITRE D'HOTEL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAITRE D'HOTEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

captain; headwaiter; maitre d'; maitre d'hotel

Hypernyms ("maitre d'hotel" is a kind of...):

dining-room attendant; restaurant attendant (someone employed to provide service in a dining room)