maîtren.

Brit.

/ˈmeɪtrə/,

/ˈmɛtrə/, U.S.

/ˈmeɪtrə/,

/ˈmeɪdər/

Forms: 1800s– maître, 1900s– maitre.

Origin: Partly a borrowing from French. Partly formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: French maître ; maître d'hôtel n.

Etymology: < French maître master n.¹, used as a title of or form of address to a legal functionary (from c1460 in Middle French). In sense 2 short for maître d'hôtel n.; compare maître d' n.Also earlier in English in other collocations, as maître de ballet n., maître d'armes n., petit maître n., and coup de maître at coup n.³ 5l. Not fully naturalized in English.

1. The title and form of address of a French or French-speaking lawyer.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun]

lawyer1377

man of lawc1405

practiserc1450

jurist1481

lawman1535

practitioner1576

man of the long coat1579

(a gentleman) toward the law1592

gownsman1627

law-driver1640

long-robe man1654

green bag1699

flycatcher1708

homme d'affaires1717

jet1728

law-solicitor1738

shark1806

blue bag1817

law-person1819

law-gentleman1837

maître1883

lip1929

1883 C. M. Yonge Stray Pearls I. xvi. 211 Technically he [sc. a lawyer] was only Maître Darpent, and his mother only would have been called Mademoiselle. Monsieur and Madame were much more jealously limited to nobility than..now.

1910 Baroness Orczy Lady Molly vi. 165 He was met by his late aunt's lawyer, Maître Vendôme.

1957 D. Du Maurier Scapegoat xxiii. 305 The lawyer bowed. ‘You will have the kindness, Maître, to see that notification of the death goes to the newspapers.’

1971 Guardian 15 Sept. 2/6 Maître Nicolet then said in court that the centre of the European gang was a Frenchman.

1989 Independent 2 Oct. 24/4 His political heirs include Jean Marie Le Pen, leader of the ‘Front National’ and the left-wing advocate Maitre Jacques Vergès.

2. = maître d'hôtel n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [noun] > server of food > in inn or restaurant > head waiter

head waiter1714

maître d'hôtel1850

maître1899

1899 R. Whiteing No. 5 John St. xviii. 188 But the viands! Some of them, as the maître is so good as to tell me..come straight from Paris.

1967 C. Drummond Death at Furlong Post iv. 56 A very large steak..made with great blobs of butter by a spivvy little maître with a spirit stove.

1973 M. Catto Sam Casanova iv. 74 With the help of the maître who looked after the cellar they chose a fabulous Chateau d'Yquem.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	maître
释义	maîtren. Brit. /ˈmeɪtrə/, /ˈmɛtrə/, U.S. /ˈmeɪtrə/, /ˈmeɪdər/ Forms: 1800s– maître, 1900s– maitre. Origin: Partly a borrowing from French. Partly formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: French maître ; maître d'hôtel n. Etymology: < French maître master n.¹, used as a title of or form of address to a legal functionary (from c1460 in Middle French). In sense 2 short for maître d'hôtel n.; compare maître d' n.Also earlier in English in other collocations, as maître de ballet n., maître d'armes n., petit maître n., and coup de maître at coup n.³ 5l. Not fully naturalized in English. 1. The title and form of address of a French or French-speaking lawyer. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] lawyer1377 man of lawc1405 practiserc1450 jurist1481 lawman1535 practitioner1576 man of the long coat1579 (a gentleman) toward the law1592 gownsman1627 law-driver1640 long-robe man1654 green bag1699 flycatcher1708 homme d'affaires1717 jet1728 law-solicitor1738 shark1806 blue bag1817 law-person1819 law-gentleman1837 maître1883 lip1929 1883 C. M. Yonge Stray Pearls I. xvi. 211 Technically he [sc. a lawyer] was only Maître Darpent, and his mother only would have been called Mademoiselle. Monsieur and Madame were much more jealously limited to nobility than..now. 1910 Baroness Orczy Lady Molly vi. 165 He was met by his late aunt's lawyer, Maître Vendôme. 1957 D. Du Maurier Scapegoat xxiii. 305 The lawyer bowed. ‘You will have the kindness, Maître, to see that notification of the death goes to the newspapers.’ 1971 Guardian 15 Sept. 2/6 Maître Nicolet then said in court that the centre of the European gang was a Frenchman. 1989 Independent 2 Oct. 24/4 His political heirs include Jean Marie Le Pen, leader of the ‘Front National’ and the left-wing advocate Maitre Jacques Vergès. 2. = maître d'hôtel n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [noun] > server of food > in inn or restaurant > head waiter head waiter1714 maître d'hôtel1850 maître1899 1899 R. Whiteing No. 5 John St. xviii. 188 But the viands! Some of them, as the maître is so good as to tell me..come straight from Paris. 1967 C. Drummond Death at Furlong Post iv. 56 A very large steak..made with great blobs of butter by a spivvy little maître with a spirit stove. 1973 M. Catto Sam Casanova iv. 74 With the help of the maître who looked after the cellar they chose a fabulous Chateau d'Yquem. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1883
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