Meaning & use
restorator
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An archaic term for the keeper or proprietor of an eating house or restaurant.
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In early 19th-century America, a restorator might advertise fine dinners for traveling merchants.
The old newspaper advertisement described the establishment's owner simply as 'the restorator.'
A note on using this word
An early Americanized form of the French restaurateur, used in the late 18th and early 19th centuries before the French spelling became standard.
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restaurateur
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