[luhn-chuh n] /ˈlʌn tʃən/

lunch, especially a formal lunch held in connection with a meeting or other special occasion:
the alumni luncheon.
a lunch, esp a formal one

“light repast between mealtimes,” 1650s (lunching; spelling luncheon by 1706); earlier “thick piece, hunk,” 1570s (luncheon), of uncertain origin. Perhaps northern English dialectal lunch “hunk of bread or cheese” (1580s; probably from Spanish lonja “a slice,” literally “loin”), blended with or influenced by nuncheon (Middle English nonechenche, mid-14c.) “light mid-day meal,” from none “noon” (see noon) + schench “drink,” from Old English scenc, from scencan “pour out.”



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