restaurateur
noun
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Restaurateur Has French Roots
Restaurateur and restaurant are French words from Latin restaurare, meaning "to restore." Of the two words, restaurant is more common—a fact that may have influenced the development of the variant spelling restauranteur for restaurateur. Some people consider restauranteur to be an error, but it is still on the menu as an acceptable word choice.
Examples of restaurateur in a Sentence
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 19 Apr. 2024
But many restaurateurs feel like stars are handed out for more than just what’s on the table.
—Lily O'Neill, The Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2024
Headliners include Chrissy Teigen; Sofia Vergara with her son, restaurateur and television host Manolo Gonzalez Vergara; food critic and philanthropist Keith Lee; chef David Chang; and comedian and actress Nicole Byer.
—Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Apr. 2024
Frederick, the Twin Cities restaurateur, is a few weeks away from opening his newest restaurant, Starling, in Edina, Minn., a suburb of Minneapolis.
—Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
Renowned restaurateurs Gregory Collier, Sam Hart, Joe Kindred, Bruce Moffett and Paul Verica have been among those recognized — and some of them have been held up for praise multiple times.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2024
Officers appeared to be looking for evidence about how the paper obtained information that a local restaurateur, who applied for a liquor license, lost her driver’s license over a DUI in 2008.
—Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2024
The founder of Mountainside Fitness, restaurateurs who started Diego Pops and The Montauk and a doctor were among the buyers and sellers of metro Phoenix's priciest homes to sell during mid-March.
—Catherine Reagor, The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2024
Indeed, Zhang’s story is a common one for restaurateurs: COVID-era fast-food labor shortages are what pushed chains like Chipotle and Sweetgreen to turn toward implementing automation in stores.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2024
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“Restaurateur.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/restaurateur. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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