Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The manager or owner of a restaurant.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The keeper of a restaurant.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The keeper of an eathing house or a restaurant.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The owner of a restaurant.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the proprietor of a restaurant

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French, from restaurer, to restore; see restaurant.]

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Borrowing from French restaurateur.

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Examples

  • "And how great - now I can add the word restaurateur to my résumé."

    NYT > Home Page By GLENN COLLINS 2011

  • "And how great - now I can add the word restaurateur to my résumé."

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  • "And how great - now I can add the word restaurateur to my résumé."

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  • And yes, "restaurateur" has both meanings in French, restaurateur and restaurator, although you'd often say "restaurateur d'art/de tableaux/de meubles..." when it's not about food.

    languagehat.com: KINDERGARTNER. 2004

  • Toomey, a 48-year-old former congressman, investment banker and restaurateur from the Allentown area, defeated Democratic Rep. Joe Sestak after hammering him on his liberal voting record and his ties to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Barack Obama.

    Pat Toomey Defeats Joe Sestak In Pennsylvania Senate Race The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • Toomey, a 48-year-old former congressman, investment banker and restaurateur from the Allentown area, defeated Democratic Rep. Joe Sestak after hammering him on his liberal voting record and his ties to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Barack Obama.

    Pat Toomey Defeats Joe Sestak In Pennsylvania Senate Race The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • An island restaurateur is now serving ten times the average number of Sunday diners as he was accustomed to.

    A Season Of Hope 2007

  • An island restaurateur is now serving ten times the average number of Sunday diners as he was accustomed to.

    A Season Of Hope 2007

  • Anyway, it looks like a really wacky restaurateur is about ready to get in bed with an even wackier restaurateur.

    Dallas Blog, Daily News, Dallas Politics, Opinion, and Commentary FrontBurner Blog D Magazine » Blog Archive » AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY CRAZY 2005

  • But Jobs never got in touch with Jandali once he found out the restaurateur was his biological father, according to an excerpt from the TV interview posted on CBS' website.

    Reuters: Top News 2011

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