DINER

diner

(noun) a restaurant that resembles a dining car

diner

(noun) a person eating a meal (especially in a restaurant)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

diner (plural diners)

One who dines.

A dining car in a railroad train.

Synonym: dining car

A typically small restaurant, usually modeled after a railroad dining car, that serves lower-class fare, normally having a counter with stools along one side and booths on the other, and often decorated in 50s and 60s pop culture themes and playing popular music from those decades.

Synonym: pub (British)

Anagrams

• Idren, Indre, Riden, drein, rined

Source: Wiktionary


Din"er, n.

Definition: One who dines.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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