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- pronunciation:
- daI
n
 r
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
one who eats a meal.
This restaurant seats one hundred diners. |
| definition 2: |
a roadside restaurant that serves inexpensive meals at a long counter or booths.
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| related words: |
café, car |
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The word diner
contains the following part:
-er, -or, -ar2
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means a person or thing that does
  More about this word part:
The suffix group -er
, -or
, -ar2 turns verbs into agent nouns.
Example words:
actor, administrator, builder, batter3, beggar, broiler, burglar, captor, carrier, censor, cleaner, commissioner, computer, consumer, container, dancer, diner, director, doctor, driver, employer, farmer, freezer, liar, manager, motor, painter1, pitcher2, player, potter, preacher, razor, refrigerator, reporter, runner, sailor, sculptor, seller, singer, speaker, survivor, teacher, tractor, user, vendor, washer, worker, writer
- synonyms:
- -ist, -ite2, -ator, -an, -ian, -ean
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