ritz

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Ritz
    n 1: Swiss hotelier who created a chain of elegant hotels
         (1850-1918) [syn: {Ritz}, {Cesar Ritz}]
    2: ostentatious display of elegance; "they put on the ritz"
    3: an ostentatiously elegant hotel

from Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date

RITZ

innkeeper who made hotels in which we all would like to
stop, but cannot.  Ambition:  Americans and English nobility.
Recreation:  Visiting his hotels. Address:  Ritz and Carlton.
Clubs:  Does not need any.

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