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restaurateur

[ res-ter-uh-tur; French res-taw-ra-ٲհ ]

noun

plural restaurateurs
  1. the owner or manager of a restaurant.


restaurateur

/ ˌɛəəˈɜː /

noun

  1. a person who owns or runs a restaurant
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Usage

Although the spelling restauranteur occurs frequently, it is a misspelling and should be avoided
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Spelling Note

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.
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of restaurateur1

1790–1800; < French; Middle French: restorer < Late Latin ٲܰٴǰ, equivalent to Latin ٲܰ ( re ) to restore + -tor -tor
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of restaurateur1

C18: via French from Late Latin ٲܰtor one who restores, from Latin ٲܰre to restore
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Example Sentences

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He’s one of several people in the food-service industry — from restaurateurs to back-of-the-house workers — who are bracing for the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

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Local restaurateurs and chefs mingling around the room had been invited to sample the dishes by Upside Foods, a leading brand in the lab-grown meat business.

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Locally, several Los Angeles restaurateurs report that they have yet to recover from entertainment industry strikes last year, which severely affected the service industry.

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Local restaurateur Gabriel Uribe has run Baja Oyster and Sushi Bar for 25 years in Imperial Beach, a few miles from his ranch, where he also hosts outdoor parties for quinceaneras and graduations.

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Princess Tiana, now a restaurateur, is throwing a Mardi Gras party, and we need to get there at once.

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