Supper : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Supper	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Supper
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
supper n a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime a social gathering where a light evening meal is served; "her suppers often included celebrities"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Supper \Sup"per\, n. [OE. soper, super, OF. super, soper, F. souper; originally an infinitive, to sup, take a meal. See {Soup}, and cf. {Sup} to take supper.] A meal taken at the close of the day; the evening meal. Note: Supper is much used in an obvious sense, either adjectively or as the first part of a compound; as, supper time or supper-time, supper bell, supper hour, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Supper \Sup"per\, v. i. To take supper; to sup. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Supper \Sup"per\, v. t. To supply with supper. [R.] [bd]Kester was suppering the horses.[b8] --Mrs. Gaskell.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Supper the principal meal of the day among the Jews. It was partaken of in the early part of the evening (Mark 6:21; John 12:2; 1 Cor. 11:21). (See LORD'S {SUPPER}.)