déjeuner

[ dey-zhœ-ney; English dey-zhuh-ney, dey-zhuh-ney ]

noun

, French.

, plural dé·jeu·ners [dey-zh, œ, -, ney, dey, -zh, uh, -neyz, dey-zh, uh, -, neyz].

1. lunch; luncheon.

Example Sentences

Claret is drunk at the twelve o'clock dejeuner as well as at dinner.

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At three o'clock, he gave a dejeuner to the Duke of Devonshire, who had also been an ambassador in Russia.

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We doubt whether Europe can exhibit any open air festivity that can compete with a dejeuner at Chiswick.

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In time, Monsieur Jules found himself constrained to announce that dejeuner was served.

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All around them the approach of the dejeuner hour was now throwing the house into commotion.

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