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/ˌrɛstərɑːnˈtəː/, /ˌrɛstərɒnˈtəː/, /ˌrɛst(ə)rənˈtəː/, /ˌrɛst(ə)rn̩ˈtəː/, /ˌrɛstərɒ̃ˈtəː/, U.S. /ˈˌrɛstərənˈtər/, /ˈˌrɛstəˌrɑnˈtər/ Originally U.S.
A person who owns and manages a restaurant; a restaurateur.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > keeper of eating-house > [noun]
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1837 B. Disraeli Let. 2 Jan. (1982) II. 205 He is going to dine that day with Edwd. Ellice, Lowther and Thiers at a Restauranteurs.
1859 Daily Hawk-eye (Burlington, Iowa) 26 Oct. The restauranteur that does not keep them [sc. snails] is considered decidedly ‘slow’.
1871 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 22 Jan. This epecurean [sic] restauranteur..will on next Saturday have charge of the tables at the Turner Hall inauguration.
1921 H. C. Witwer Rubyiat of Freshman 60 Joe Heehaw then reached down and dragged the unhappy restauranteur to his feet.
1949 E. Hyams Grape Vine in England viii. 136 The second thinning may be done when the grapes are about the size of those very large and granite-like marrowfat peas which are beloved of English restauranteurs, or used to be.
1958 Wall St. Jrnl. 30 Sept. 7/3 Jack Dempsey, one-time heavyweight champion turned restauranteur.
1980 Guardian Weekly 20 Jan. 20/3 The growing number of hoteliers and restauranteurs.
2007 Fiddlehead Winter 63 The cook had the fat, soft-featured face of a celebrity chef or a restauranteur.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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