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restaurateur

Sometimes ·ٲ··ٱܰ

[res-ter-uh-tur, res-taw-ra-ٲհ]

noun

plural

restaurateurs 
  1. the owner or manager of a restaurant.



restaurateur

/ ˌɛəəˈɜː /

noun

  1. a person who owns or runs a restaurant

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Usage

Although the spelling restauranteur occurs frequently, it is a misspelling and should be avoided
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Spelling Note

The English word restaurateur , borrowed from French, still exists in modern French in the same form and with the same meaning. The variant spelling restauranteur , influenced by the more familiar English word restaurant , is gaining some currency, but has traditionally been considered erroneous.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of restaurateur1

1790–1800; < French; Middle French: restorer < Late Latin ٲܰٴǰ, equivalent to Latin ٲܰ ( re ) to restore + -tor -tor
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Word History and Origins

Origin of restaurateur1

C18: via French from Late Latin ٲܰtor one who restores, from Latin ٲܰre to restore
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Example Sentences

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The sausages were to have passed through the newly built Yosemite National Park post office before being delivered to a beloved Yosemite Valley restaurateur.

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They play a restaurateur and architect whose marriage swiftly goes south when her career takes off as his stalls.

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“The lockdown of restaurants followed by a reduced interest in dining out led restaurateurs and chefs to pivot from open kitchens to sandwich counters.”

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He’s one of several people in the food-service industry — from restaurateurs to back-of-the-house workers — who are bracing for the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

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Local restaurateurs and chefs mingling around the room had been invited to sample the dishes by Upside Foods, a leading brand in the lab-grown meat business.

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