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restaurateuse

restaurateuse noun: a female restaurateur.

Noun

restaurateuse (plural restaurateuses)

  1. A female restaurateur.
    • Jonathan Hazard remembered, ‘Lee takes being a restaurateuse very seriously. Do you know she won’t marry me because she might have to give it up if she did?’1970, David Thomson, A Bowl of Eggs, page 98
    • We were sitting in a studio, an odd mix of people who included another now good friend, Myrtle Allen of Ballymaloe House in Ireland. She is a restaurateuse of great distinction, suitably garlanded by Michelin, and she had just opened an eating house in Paris.1988, Russell Harty, Mr Harty’s Grand Tour, Century Hutchinson, page 16
    Synonyms:
    restauratrice

Examples of restaurateuse in a sentence

  • “When I was a little teenager, I was workin’” – restaurateuse.1996, Madison Morrison, Realization, page 139:
  • It was on that occasion and many more like it that I got to know a great Morelian cook and restaurateuse, Livier Ruiz, who has become a cherished friend.1998, Diana Kennedy, My Mexico: A Culinary Odyssey with More Than 300 Recipes, New York: Clarkson Potter/Publishers, →ISBN, page 42:
  • Jeannie is one of the few restaurateuses that is willing to work with my wife's celiac disease; she regards it as a challenge to her artistry.2001 February 3, Berry Kercheval, “Re: Empress Obvious strikes again...”, in ba.food (Usenet), message-ID <ovgqspbwg.fsf@jhereg.kerch.com>:
  • The Grauniad had an interview last month with no. 66, a San Francisco restaurateur (or rather restaurateuse) with Norwegian and Brazilian citizenship.2002 June 12, Jo Lonergan, “Re: bash at the palace”, in uk.media.radio.archers (Usenet), message-ID...

Synonyms of restaurateuse

Forms of restaurateuse

pluralrestaurateuses
alternative formrestauranteuse

Origin of restaurateuse

Borrowed from French restaurateuse or formed in English by application of French rules (see French -eur, -euse), as it is more common in English than in French, where the more common feminine form of restaurateur is restauratrice.

Questions about restaurateuse

What does restaurateuse mean?
Restaurateuse means a female restaurateur.
How do you use restaurateuse in a sentence?
“When I was a little teenager, I was workin’” – restaurateuse.
What part of speech is restaurateuse?
Restaurateuse is a noun.
What is the plural of restaurateuse?
The plural of restaurateuse is restaurateuses.

Words near restaurateuse in the dictionary

  1. restaurateur
  2. restaurateurial
  3. restaurateuring
  4. restaurateurs
  5. restaurateurship
  6. restaurateuse
  7. restaurateuses
  8. restauration
  9. restaurator
  10. restaurators
  11. restauratrice

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