luncher

C2+ Topic:Food & Drink
US /ˈlʌn.tʃər/ UK /ˈlʌn.tʃə/
noun Freq #905077

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a person who is eating or habitually eats lunch, especially at a restaurant or gathering

    The few remaining lunchers looked up when she laughed loudly.

  2. 2
    noun

    a person who treats someone else to lunch

    As the luncher, he insisted on paying the bill.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a person who is eating or... dinerluncheon guest
2 noun · a person who treats someone... host
Word family
Forms lunchers
Related forms lunchluncheon

Etymology

Formed from lunch and the agent suffix -er, meaning either one who lunches or one who gives another person lunch.

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