maître d'hôtel

Then he gave some further order to an attentive maitre d'hotel and glanced around to be sure that they were not overheard.

There was a whispered colloquy, and Alan Hawke caught the gleam of the silver neck chain of the maitre d'hotel.

Outside, he found Wilmore deep in the discussion of the merits of various old brandies with an interested maitre d'hotel.

In the restaurant door against a background of paneled walls the maitre d'hotel still stood, as if watching for my return.

Pour over them some maitre d'hotel sauce and send to the table in the dish in which they were baked.