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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Supper \Sup"per\, noun [OE. soper, super, OF. super, soper, F. souper; originally an infinitive, to sup, take a meal. See {Soup}, and cf. {Sup} to take supper.] A meal taken at the close of the day; the evening meal.
Note: Supper is much used in an obvious sense, either adjectively or as the first part of a compound; as, supper time or supper-time, supper bell, supper hour, etc.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Supper \Sup"per\, verb (used without an object) To take supper; to sup. [R.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Supper \Sup"per\, verb (used with an object) To supply with supper. [R.] ''Kester was suppering the horses.'' --Mrs. Gaskell.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
supper
noun
1: a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime
2: a social gathering where a light evening meal is served; "her suppers often included celebrities"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "supper": TV dinner, alfresco meal, barbecue, breakfast, brunch, buffet supper, clambake, coffee break, cookout, diner, dinner, elevenses, fish fry, high tea, hot luncheon, lunch, luncheon, mash, meat breakfast, petit dejeuner, picnic, tea, tea break, teatime, tiffin, wiener roast, wienie roast
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Supper the principal meal of the day among the Jews. It was partaken of in the early part of the evening (Mark 6:21; John 12:2; 1 Cor. 11:21). (See LORD'S {SUPPER}.)
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