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bascall

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Many of the silversmiths and jewelers moved on to other occupations some time in their career and then even came back later. An occupation chosen by a jeweler from the first half of the nineteenth century was restorator. The term restorator peaked my curiosity. Any thoughts on the meaning of this word?

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I can only guess that it is a back formation from restoration to mean the same as restorer, perhaps in the sense of repairing jewellery and silver.

Or could it even be a mis-spelling of restaurateur , a change of profession that would at least allow him to make use of surplus flatware etc from his old stock smile?

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It is a old fashioned variant of restaurateur.

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that would at least allow him to make use of surplus flatware etc from his old stock

My wife informs me she will open a soup kitchen when I die and finally find some utility for all those boxes of spoons. . .

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bascall

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iconnumber posted 08-26-2009 10:42 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for bascall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Yes, to both of you. It was an eating house keeper. Superb analysis agphile.

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middletom

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What is a "restaurateur"? Did you mean a restauranteur? It seems to me that the word asked about has more to do with restoring than running a restaurant. But, I'm not a philologist.
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Dictionary definitions of restaurateur:

The proprietor of a restaurant.

A person who owns or manages a restaurant

". . . there is no n in reastaurateur."

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middletom

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Then what is a reastaurateur? Are you sure a "restorator" is the same as restaurateur or reasaurateur?
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