banqueter

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person who attends or takes part in a banquet or elaborate feast

   Each banqueter was assigned a place according to rank and office.

Formed from banquet + the agent suffix -er. Banquet came through French from Italian banchetto ("small bench, light meal"), a diminutive of banco ("bench"). The meal was named from the benches or tables at which it was served.

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