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Definition of maître d’ noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

maître d’

noun
 
/ˌmeɪtrə ˈdiː/
 
/ˌmeɪtrə ˈdiː/,
 
/ˌmeɪtər ˈdiː/
(plural maître d’s
 
/ˌmeɪtrə ˈdiːz/
 
/ˌmeɪtrə ˈdiːz/,
 
/ˌmeɪtər ˈdiːz/
)
(also formal maître d’hôtel
 
/ˌmeɪtrə dəʊˈtel/
 
/ˌmeɪtrə dəʊˈtel/,
 
/ˌmeɪtər dəʊˈtel/
(plural maîtres d’hôtel
 
/ˌmeɪtrə dəʊˈtel/
 
/ˌmeɪtrə dəʊˈtel/,
 
/ˌmeɪtər dəʊˈtel/
)
)
(from French, informal)
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  1. a head waiterTopics Cooking and eatingc2
  2. a man who manages a hotel
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adverb
 
 
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