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Webster 1913 Edition
dinner
1.
The principal meal of the day, eaten in some countries about midday, but in others (especially in the U. S. and in large cities) at a later hour.
2.
An entertainment; a feast.
A grand political
dinner
. Tennyson.
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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. Webster 1828 Edition
Dinner
DINNER
,Noun.
1.
The meal taken about the middle of the day; or the principal meal of the day, eaten between noon and evening.2.
An entertainment; a feast.Behold, I have prepared my dinner. Matthew 22.