diner

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noun
  1. a person who dines.

  2. a railroad dining car.

  1. a restaurant built like such a car.

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

Origin of diner

1
First recorded in 1800–10; dine + -er1

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British Dictionary definitions for diner

diner

/ (ˈdaɪnə) /


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

  2. mainly US and Canadian a small restaurant, often at the roadside

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

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