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Definition of buffet

noun

  • 1a meal consisting of several dishes from which guests serve themselves: [as modifier]:a cold buffet lunch
  • 2a room or counter in a station, hotel, or other public building selling light meals or snacks.
  • (also buffet car) British a railway carriage selling light meals or snacks.

Origin:

early 18th century (denoting a sideboard): from French, from Old French bufet 'stool', of unknown origin

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