convive
noun
an eating or drinking companion; fellow diner or drinker.
convives
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pluralof convive.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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So the deposed governor, forced to part company with his convives, was carried off to prison as a common malefactor.
From No Quarter! by Mayne Reid
A doubt of Braun's ultimate end as a citizen had caused the smug dealer to always avoid Braun at the jolly Restaurant Bavaria, where the good-natured foreign convives often joined each other over a stein.
From The Midnight Passenger : a novel by Richard Savage
Lyon's course was, in spite of the intense influence of Harney's Secession convives, very much to the taste of the old fighter.
From The Struggle for Missouri by John McElroy
Two rows of men clad in dark dresses, a solitary female at the head of the table, or, if fortunate, with a supporter of the same sex near her, invariably composed the convives.
From Home as Found by James Fenimore Cooper
Though of course a little Barmicidal, the dinner went off very well, as every dinner must do where such merry companions are the convives.
From Letters from High Latitudes by Lord Dufferin
