diner

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a small informal restaurant, often with booths, a counter, and simple meals

   They stopped at a roadside diner for coffee and eggs.

2. 2
   noun

   a person who is eating a meal, especially in a restaurant

   The waiter checked whether each diner had ordered dessert.

3. 3
   noun

   a railway car where meals are served

   Breakfast was served in the train's diner.

From dine + -er for a person who dines, with the restaurant sense influenced by dining cars on trains.

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