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diner.

Someone who dines.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈdaɪ̯nə/Received-Pronunciation[ˈdaɪ̯nə]Received-Pronunciation/ˈdaɪ̯nɚ/General-American[ˈdaɪ̯nɚ] ~ [ˈdaɪ̯nɹ̩]General-American
  1. Someone who dines.

  2. Someone who gives a dinner.

    rare
  3. A car in a railroad train that serves meals.

  4. A typically small restaurant, historically modeled after a railroad dining car, that serves lower-class fare, normally having a counter with stools along one side and booths on the other.

    US
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English dine Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English diner From dine + -er.

noun
  1. A commemorative currency of Andorra, not legal tender, divided into 100 centims.

Where this word comes from

From Catalan diner. Doublet of denar, denarius, denier, dinar, dinero, and dinheiro.

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