Din"ner (?), n. [F. dîner,
fr. dîner to dine. See Dine.] 1.
The principal meal of the day, eaten by most people about
midday, but by many (especially in cities) at a later hour.
2. An entertainment; a feast.
A grand political dinner.
Tennyson.
☞ Dinner is much used, in an obvious sense, either
adjectively or as the first part of a compound; as, dinner
time, or dinner-time, dinner bell, dinner hour,
etc.