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luncheon

lunch·eon [ lúnchən ] (plural lunch·eons)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. food  ( formal )
Same as  lunchn (sense 1)


2. midday gathering with food: an organized gathering in the middle of the day, with invited guests being served a meal and often offered some form of entertainment, e.g. a guest speaker

[Mid-17th century. Probably alteration of archaic nuncheon "snack" <noon + obsolete shench "drink" < Old English scenc< Germanic]
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