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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
caterer
noun
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▪ After a lengthy conversation with the experienced caterer at the other end of the line you arrange to show him your establishment.
▪ Davis speaks to 17 restaurant professionals, from chef-owners to caterers to pastry chefs, about the restaurant business.
▪ Food without frontiers is the norm now with quiche, tacos or tapas and coronation chicken readily supplied by outside caterers.
▪ If you have trouble finding a place for your event, ask the caterer about locales or venues. 4.
▪ In order for the caterer to calculate a realistic cost per person, you must give as much information as possible.
▪ The caterers, Mr and Mrs Sharpstone, were the sort of people you could lay on an open wound.
▪ The council spokesman also said there were not enough professional caterers in the area to meet demand.
▪ There are many ways to use caterers.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Caterer

Caterer \Ca"ter*er\, n. One who caters.

The little fowls in the air have God for Their provider and caterer.
--Shelton.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
caterer

mid-15c., earlier simply cater (see cater (v.)). With redundant -er (compare poulterer, sorcerer, upholsterer).

Wiktionary
caterer

n. 1 A person employed to obtain and maintain the storage of provisions, especially food. 2 A person or company hired to provide and serve food, usually for a large group and at a location separate from where the food is prepared.

WordNet
caterer

n. someone who provides food and service (as for a party)

Wikipedia
Caterer (surname)

Caterer is a surname. People with the name include:

  • Ainslie Caterer (1858-1924), Australian cricketer, cricket administrator and educator
  • Brian Caterer (1943–2010), English professional footballer and manager
  • Josh Caterer (born 1972), American musician and songwriter from Chicago
  • Thomas Caterer (1825–1917), Australian pioneer schoolteacher

Usage examples of "caterer".

Between the carrion scene and some salmonella tacos served up by the Nogales-based caterer, as well as repeated propositions by an Arab coproducer with halitosis that made her eyes water, Molly was sick for three days.

Grabbing the Yellow Pages and her address book, she got on the phone to caterers, musicians, airlines, florists, the King Croesus, personalized shopping services, Mrs.

So the Herrera home was filled with fresh flowers and the caterers set up a Mexican lunch of beans, rice, fajitas and tortillas.

I reflected, putting down the receiver, to think that I had been at Martineau Park races so long on Tuesday afternoon totally oblivious of the existence of Vernon among the caterers Orkney Swayle so much detested.

No matter how many times Riley offered to have a caterer bring a full spread into the skybox, his grandfather never wanted anything more than his peanuts and exactly two ice-cold beers.

Orkney had mounted his hobby horse and would complain about the caterers for another ten minutes.

He had assumed that Pamela had taken care of the caterers bill along with all of the other wedding details.

Once the word gets out that we are the exclusive caterers for Stark Security Systems, we will be unstoppable.

People no longer thought that caterers were the preserve of only the rich and famous.

This woman had come in to book a hairdo, manicure, a facial, the works, and said she was going to a drop-dead-cert smart christening party on Saturday, and she had actually said there were going to be fancy caterers at it.

The caterers are only allowed into these areas, the rest is your territory.

Kirk looked around and saw the caterers setting up the low banquet tables.

To raise a glass to posh people in Haywards referring to us as fancy caterers?

Finally, I was giving those caterers in Denver, forty miles to the east, a run for their shrimp rolls.

He was looking at you and about four other caterers, and then he read the article and told me to call you!