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banquet

[ bang-kwit ]

noun

  1. a lavish meal; feast.
  2. a ceremonious public dinner, especially one honoring a person, benefiting a charity, etc.


verb (used with object)

, ban·quet·ed, ban·quet·ing.
  1. to entertain or regale with a banquet:

    They banqueted the visiting prime minister in grand style.

verb (used without object)

, ban·quet·ed, ban·quet·ing.
  1. to have or attend a banquet; feast:

    They banqueted on pheasant, wild boar, and three kinds of fish.

banquet

/ ˈbæŋkwɪt /

noun

  1. a lavish and sumptuous meal; feast
  2. a ceremonial meal for many people, often followed by speeches


verb

  1. intr to hold or take part in a banquet
  2. tr to entertain or honour (a person) with a banquet

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Derived Forms

  • ˈbanqueter, noun

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Other Words From

  • banquet·er ban·que·teer [bang-kwi-, teer], noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of banquet1

First recorded in 1450–1500; from Middle French, from Italian banchetto ( banc(o) “table” ( bank 2 ) + -etto -et ); replacing late Middle English bankat, banket(te), from Middle French

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Word History and Origins

Origin of banquet1

C15: from Old French, from Italian banchetto , from banco a table, of Germanic origin; see bank 1

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Synonym Study

See feast.

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Example Sentences

The head banquet man at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in New York City started serving the concoction as a menu staple in 1938.

The banquet was paid for with public funds, and taxpayers were understandably upset.

A table creaking under the weight of a Christmas banquet, a classic celebration of binge eating and drinking.

Another island tale purports that there was once a banquet arranged at the manor for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

A series of staircases winds under the lobby and opens onto a lavish banquet room, at once classical, futuristic, and whimsical.

My chief attended the banquet and I remained at home to hear the news when he returned.

After the formal proclamation was issued the function terminated with a banquet given to 200 insurgent notabilities.

Baltasar's profane banquet: his sentence is denounced by a handwriting on the wall, which Daniel reads and interprets.

During the banquet the room was filled with people of fashion, who went to see the grandees eat and drink.

The fourth scene, to the extreme right of the vault, represents the funeral banquet in honor of Vibia.

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