RITZ

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ritz mean? 

• RITZ (noun)
  The noun RITZ has 3 senses:

1. Swiss hotelier who created a chain of elegant hotels (1850-1918)

2. ostentatious display of elegance

3. an ostentatiously elegant hotel

  Familiarity information: RITZ used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RITZ (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Swiss hotelier who created a chain of elegant hotels (1850-1918)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Cesar Ritz; Ritz

Instance hypernyms:

hosteller; hotel manager; hotelier; hotelkeeper; hotelman (an owner or manager of hotels)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Ostentatious display of elegance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

they put on the ritz

Hypernyms ("ritz" is a kind of...):

fanfare; flash; ostentation (a gaudy outward display)

Derivation:

ritzy (luxuriously elegant)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An ostentatiously elegant hotel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("Ritz" is a kind of...):

hotel (a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)