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banqueteer

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ban⋅quet

[bang-kwit] noun, verb, -quet⋅ed, -quet⋅ing.
–noun
1. a lavish meal; feast.
2. a ceremonious public dinner, esp. one honoring a person, benefiting a charity, etc.
–verb (used with object)
3. to entertain or regale with a banquet: They banqueted the visiting prime minister in grand style.
–verb (used without object)
4. to have or attend a banquet; feast: They banqueted on pheasant, wild boar, and three kinds of fish.

Origin:
1425–75; < MF < It banchetto (banc(o) table (see bank 2 ) + -etto -et ); r. late ME banket < MF


ban⋅quet⋅er, ban⋅que⋅teer [bang-kwi-teer] , noun


1. See feast.
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