1a : the evening meal especially when dinner is taken at midday. b : a social affair featuring a supper especially : an evening social especially for raising funds a church supper. 2 : the food served as a supper eat your supper. 3 : a light meal served late in the evening.

What is the appropriate meaning for the word supper?

noun. the evening meal, often the principal meal of the day. any light evening meal, especially one taken late in the evening: an after-the-theater supper. adjective. of or relating to supper: the supper dishes.

When did supper become dinner?

Supper was originally a secondary lighter evening meal. The main meal of the day, called dinner, used to be served closer to what is known as lunchtime, around the middle of the day, but crept later over the centuries, mostly over the course of the 19th century.