"a Restaurateur's" 1793; "The British Restaurateur" 1785 etc.

[Stephen Goranson]

Sorry. My mistake.
Stephen
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Subject: Re: [ADS-L] "a Restaurateur's"  1793; "The British Restaurateur"              1785 etc.

Note that for _restaurateur_, OED has 1782 for the sense 'a
restaurant' and January 1793 for 'a person who owns or manages
a restaurant'.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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