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Definition of Dinner party
1. Noun. A party of people assembled to have dinner together. "Guests should never be late to a dinner party"
Generic synonyms: Party
Specialized synonyms: Banquet, Feast, Beanfeast
Derivative terms: Dine, Dine
Definition of Dinner party
1. Noun. A relatively formal meal at which invited guests eat in the home of the host; a guestmeal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dinner Party
Literary usage of Dinner party
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Southern History of the War by Edward Alfred Pollard (1865)
"The Yankee Fall Elections.—The War Democrats in the North.—The South's Worst
Enemies.—Yankee Self-Glorification.—Farragut's Dinner-Party. ..."
2. Recollections of a Service of Three Years During the War-of-extermination in by Simón Bolívar (1828)
"... with the " Order of the Libertador"—Conversation at the dinner party—Description
of the Person of the President Bolivar—Author's Disappointment. ..."
3. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1901)
"A dinner party. PLAIN FARE, BRILLIANT EXPECTATIONS "PWO months had gone by and
the Hawkins • family were domiciled in Hawkeye. Washington was at work in the ..."
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