restaurateur
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restaurateurs
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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.
Usage
Although the spelling restauranteur occurs frequently, it is a misspelling and should be avoided
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Etymology
Origin of restaurateur
1790–1800; < French; Middle French: restorer < Late Latin restaurātor, equivalent to Latin restaurā ( re ) to restore + -tor -tor
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It was founded in Phoenix in 2008 by restaurateur Sam Fox and physician Andrew Weil.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Yet over 100 stories up the North Tower, restaurateur Joe Baum and Michael Whiteman let their imaginations run wild.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Kennedy joins Gruel — a chef, restaurateur and prominent opponent of COVID-19 restrictions in 2020 — in a bright white studio kitchen.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
The restaurateur is the third generation of his family to run Wattana Panich, famed for the geriatric “mother stock” that forms the backbone of its signature beef noodle soup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
When Apu became a restaurateur, he called his restaurant Curry in a Hurry. rhythm.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
As he told The Times last year, multiple chefs and restaurateurs expressed interest in purchasing Cole’s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
ASHEVILLE, N.C.—After Hurricane Helene, Jannette Montenegro and Rich Patino returned to the building they own here, a historic warehouse leased to restaurateurs and artists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
But some restaurateurs grouse that the apps also make diners feel removed from a restaurant and more blase about canceling, and less likely to just walk in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
But for “middle restaurants” — between fast-casual spots without extensive table service and high-level tasting menus — restaurateurs often make up for the slimmer margins with volume.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026
In spite of his repugnance, he searched the pockets of the corpse, one after another, but the only papers he found were two or three old bills of restaurateurs, and a love-letter from La Normande.
From The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental by Alexandre Dumas père
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