Plural of dinner; the main meal of the day, typically eaten in the evening, or large formal meals.
From Old French 'disner,' originally meaning breakfast or the first meal. Over time, as eating patterns changed, it shifted to mean the main meal. The modern sense solidified by the 17th century.
Dinner used to mean breakfast! This shift happened because eating customs changed—when people stopped eating breakfast at midday and moved it to morning, dinner shifted to evening and became the big meal.
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