restaurateur
pronunciation
How to pronounce restaurateur in British English:
UK [ˌrestərəˈtɜ:(r)]
How to pronounce restaurateur in American English:
US [ˌrɛstərəˈtɚ]
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- Noun:
- the proprietor of a restaurant
Word Origin
- restaurateur (n.)
- 1796, from French restaurateur, agent noun from restaurer "to restore" (see restaurant) on model of Late Latin restaurator "restorer." Native form restauranter is recorded from 1877.
Example
- 1. One eatery is the ideal number for a single restaurateur , he says ; five may be the limit of the feasible .
- 2. A few years ago I told a restaurateur just starting out that he should cut corners on things his customers wouldn 't notice .
- 3. Unsurprisingly , no restaurateur in his right mind would crack open a pricey vintage and agree to be paid for a single glass of it .
- 4. Launched in italy 20 years ago by restaurateur carlo petrini , " slow food " was originally designed to protest the encroachment of fast food on the traditional mediterranean lifestyle .
- 5. I recently agreed to back a young restaurateur living on an annual salary of just 12000 , who hadn 't had a weekend off in more than a year because he was so busy building up his fledgling company .