supper Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime
  2. noun a social gathering where a light evening meal is served
    • her suppers often included celebrities

WordNet

Sup"per noun
Etymology
OE. soper, super, OF. super, soper, F. souper; originally an infinitive, to sup, take a meal. See Soup, and cf. Sup to take supper.
Definitions
  1. A meal taken at the close of the day; the evening meal. ✍ Supper is much used in an obvious sense, either adjectively or as the first part of a compound; as, supper time or supper-time, supper bell, supper hour, etc.
Sup"per intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To take supper; to sup. R.
Sup"per transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To supply with supper. R. "Kester was suppering the horses." Mrs. Gaskell.

Webster 1913