guestmeal
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From guest + meal. Compare German Gastmahl (“guestmeal”).
Noun edit
guestmeal (plural guestmeals)
- A meal in which there is at least one guest.
- A dinner party.
- 1961, In a strange land:
- The Kingdom of God is like a guestmeal for people from all over the world [...]
- 1901, Montesquieu, Gueullette, Smithers, Oriental Tales: The book of the thousand nights and one night:
- So Nasir made an entertainment and said to Abdallah, ' O my brother, verily I am thy brother, and I would have thee and my brother Mensour heal my heart and eat of my guest-meal in my house, so I may glory in thee [...]