Restauranteuse
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of restaurateuse. alt-of, alternative, no-plural
"Fighting on his side are a handful of his tenants: Cappy Fells, tough and fearless head of the fishing fleet; Lancy and her burleycue strippers; Ya Valkun, political refugee turned restauranteuse; and Dayton Frederick, the girl who won’t get out of his hair and whom he can’t put out of his mind."
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More examples"Fighting on his side are a handful of his tenants: Cappy Fells, tough and fearless head of the fishing fleet; Lancy and her burleycue strippers; Ya Valkun, political refugee turned restauranteuse; and Dayton Frederick, the girl who won’t get out of his hair and whom he can’t put out of his mind."
Etymology
Pseudo-Gallicism, formed by application of French rules to restauranteur (see French -eur, -euse), itself an English blend of restaurant and restaurateur, from French restaurateur. Note that the -euse form is more common in English than in French, where the more common feminine form of restaurateur is restauratrice.
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