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bascall Posts: 1629 Registered: Nov 99	posted 08-26-2009 09:12 AM 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? IP: Logged
agphile Posts: 798 Registered: Apr 2008	posted 08-26-2009 09:54 AM 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 ? IP: Logged
wev Moderator Posts: 4121 Registered: Apr 99	posted 08-26-2009 09:55 AM It is a old fashioned variant of restaurateur. IP: Logged
wev Moderator Posts: 4121 Registered: Apr 99	posted 08-26-2009 09:59 AM quote: 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. . . IP: Logged
bascall Posts: 1629 Registered: Nov 99	posted 08-26-2009 10:42 AM Yes, to both of you. It was an eating house keeper. Superb analysis agphile. IP: Logged
middletom Posts: 467 Registered: May 2004	posted 09-08-2009 04:07 PM WEV 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. middletom IP: Logged
swarter Moderator Posts: 2920 Registered: May 2003	posted 09-08-2009 05:23 PM Dictionary definitions of restaurateur: The proprietor of a restaurant. A person who owns or manages a restaurant ". . . there is no n in reastaurateur." IP: Logged
middletom Posts: 467 Registered: May 2004	posted 09-10-2009 09:34 PM Then what is a reastaurateur? Are you sure a "restorator" is the same as restaurateur or reasaurateur? middletom IP: Logged

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