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diner

noun
/ˈdaɪnə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Catalan diner. Doublet of denar, denarius, denier, dinar, dinero, and dinheiro.

  1. borrowed from diner

Definitions

  1. Someone who dines.

  2. Someone who gives a dinner.

  3. A car in a railroad train that serves meals.

    • Pacific No. 60123, H. A. Ivatt, a Leeds engine with 12 corridors, but no diners, went by, however.
    • The diner is everybody's kitchen.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A typically small restaurant, historically modeled after a railroad dining car, that…

      A typically small restaurant, historically 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.

    2. A commemorative currency of Andorra, not legal tender, divided into 100 centims.

The neighborhood

Derived

dinerlike, diner lingo, diner-out, Joe's Diner, lounge diner

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