Dinner : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Dinner	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dinner n the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday; "dinner will be at 8"; "on Sundays they had a large dinner when they returned from church" a party of people assembled to have dinner together; "guests should never be late to a dinner party" Synonym(s): dinner, dinner party
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dinner \Din"ner\, n. [F. d[8c]ner, fr. d[8c]ner to dine. See {Dine}.] 1. The principal meal of the day, eaten by most people about midday, but by many (especially in cities) at a later hour. 2. An entertainment; a feast. A grand political dinner. --Tennyson. Note: Dinner is much used, in an obvious sense, either adjectively or as the first part of a compound; as, dinner time, or dinner-time, dinner bell, dinner hour, etc.