diner

[dahy-ner]

noun

1. a person who dines.

2. a railroad dining car.

3. a restaurant built like such a car.

4. a small, informal, and usually inexpensive restaurant.

diner

/ ˈdaɪnə /

noun

1. a person eating a meal, esp in a restaurant

2. a small restaurant, often at the roadside

3. a fashionable bar, or a section of one, where food is served

Word History and Origins

Origin of diner¹

First recorded in 1800–10; dine + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Restaurant diners at this time of year can find Peking turkey, jerk turkey, tandoori turkey and even the French take.

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Meals, thankfully, were never a lonely affair—aside from one breakfast where I was the sole diner.

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"I don't think there's been any sudden, dramatic change," he said, despite estimating that on a normal day around half the hungry diners who queue outside his door are Chinese.

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He will be the chef de cuisine at the diner set to open on Santa Monica Boulevard with a drive-in movie theater, a post on X by a self-identified Tesla investor said.

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The many potted specimens created a jungled grotto on the far side of the dining room, and the diners within, if any, were well concealed by the delicately swaying fronds.

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Related Words

• bistro 
• booth 
• coffee shop 
• saloon