English noun: Ritz | |||
1. | Ritz (person) Swiss hotelier who created a chain of elegant hotels (1850-1918) | ||
Synonyms | Cesar Ritz | ||
Instance hypernym | hosteller, hotel manager, hotelier, hotelkeeper, hotelman | ||
2. | ritz (communication) ostentatious display of elegance | ||
Samples | They put on the ritz. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fanfare, flash, ostentation | ||
3. | Ritz (artifact) an ostentatiously elegant hotel | ||
Broader (hypernym) | hotel | ||
Domain usage | colloquialism | ||