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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Thankfully, the Emmy-winning celebrity chef, cookbook author and restaurateur had a knack for working with his hands because he wasn’t a good student.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 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
Biggest mess you’ve ever gotten into as a restaurateur?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
Chef and restaurateur Ramsay, 59, has completed a number of Ironman and ultramarathon events in recent years.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026
When Dorothy was eight, the family relocated to Morgantown, West Virginia, where her father accepted a job working for a successful Negro restaurateur.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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
During the Depression, he said, restaurateurs “really had to stretch food,” and smashing the meat made it fill out the bun.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026
Three finalists - Luke Emmess, Mark O'Brien and Gareth Baty - made it through a series of culinary challenges, impressing not just judges Monica Galetti and Marcus Wareing but also high-profile Michelin-starred restaurateurs.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
Among restaurateurs and poultry producers, this development represents an enormous cultural shift.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
Here, porters trudge by loaded with bales of tea; there, under an awning of felt, are encamped itinerant restaurateurs with their cooking-stoves; yonder, the mendicant bonzes beat the tam-tam, and second-hand dealers display their wares.
From Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century by W. H. Davenport Adams
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