Meaning

1 senses

  1. (US, informal)A headwaiter.

Origin

Clipping of maître d'hôtel, derived from French maître d'hôtel.

Clipping of maître d'hôtel, derived from French maître d'hôtel.

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Forms

plural: maître d's
Singularmaître d'
Pluralmaître d's

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
mayoralmazemeA1meadmeadow

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