Definitions

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  • noun The keeper of an eating house, or restaurant; a restaurateur.

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  • noun restaurateur
  • noun A catering company

Etymologies

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French

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Examples

  • My uncle invited him to dine at his house; for though my uncle was a bachelor, he did not choose to dine at a 'traiteur' (the name 'restaurateur' was not then introduced).

    Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various

  • My uncle invited him to dine at his house; for though my uncle was a bachelor, he did not choose to dine at a 'traiteur' (the name 'restaurateur' was not then introduced).

    The Memoirs of Napoleon Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de 1836

  • My uncle invited him to dine at his house; for though my uncle was a bachelor, he did not choose to dine at a 'traiteur' (the name 'restaurateur' was not then introduced).

    Memoirs of Napoleon — Complete Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne 1801

  • My uncle invited him to dine at his house; for though my uncle was a bachelor, he did not choose to dine at a 'traiteur' (the name 'restaurateur' was not then introduced).

    Memoirs of Napoleon — Volume 01 Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne 1801

  • References: le raisin (m) = grape; trattoria (from the French "traiteur") = a small Italian restaurant; le panneau (m) = sign; le poil (m) = hair; spaghetti alla napoletana = spaghetti with tomato sauce; une entrecôte (f) = (literally "between the ribs") steak

    four - French Word-A-Day 2006

  • References: le raisin (m) = grape; trattoria (from the French "traiteur") = a small Italian restaurant; le panneau (m) = sign; le poil (m) = hair; spaghetti alla napoletana = spaghetti with tomato sauce; une entrecôte (f) = (literally "between the ribs") steak

    French Word-A-Day: 2006

  • References: le raisin (m) = grape; trattoria (from the French "traiteur") = a small Italian restaurant; le panneau (m) = sign; le poil (m) = hair; spaghetti alla napoletana = spaghetti with tomato sauce; une entrecôte (f) = (literally "between the ribs") steak

    French Word-A-Day: 2006

  • References: le raisin (m) = grape; trattoria (from the French "traiteur") = a small Italian restaurant; le panneau (m) = sign; le poil (m) = hair; spaghetti alla napoletana = spaghetti with tomato sauce; une entrecôte (f) = (literally "between the ribs") steak

    four - French Word-A-Day 2006

  • References: le raisin (m) = grape; trattoria (from the French "traiteur") = a small Italian restaurant; le panneau (m) = sign; le poil (m) = hair; spaghetti alla napoletana = spaghetti with tomato sauce; une entrecôte (f) = (literally "between the ribs") steak

    French Word-A-Day: 2006

  • If you’re looking for Easter Heaven, I highly recommend Aux Pipalottes Gourmandes, at 49 rue de Rochechouart, a kind of traiteur/deli/restaurant.

    gluttony vs willpower 2005

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