NOUN (2)

1. a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime;

2. a social gathering where a light evening meal is served;
- Example: "her suppers often included celebrities"

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Supper \Sup"per\, n. [OE. soper, super, OF. super, soper, F.
   souper; originally an infinitive, to sup, take a meal. See
   Soup, and cf. Sup to take supper.]
   A meal taken at the close of the day; the evening meal.
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   Note: Supper is much used in an obvious sense, either
         adjectively or as the first part of a compound; as,
         supper time or supper-time, supper bell, supper hour,
         etc.
         [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Supper \Sup"per\, v. i.
   To take supper; to sup. [R.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Supper \Sup"per\, v. t.
   To supply with supper. [R.] "Kester was suppering the
   horses." --Mrs. Gaskell.
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

supper
    n 1: a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is
         at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime
    2: a social gathering where a light evening meal is served; "her
       suppers often included celebrities"

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

27 Moby Thesaurus words for "supper":
   TV dinner, alfresco meal, barbecue, breakfast, brunch,
   buffet supper, clambake, coffee break, cookout, diner, dinner,
   elevenses, fish fry, high tea, hot luncheon, lunch, luncheon, mash,
   meat breakfast, petit dejeuner, picnic, tea, tea break, teatime,
   tiffin, wiener roast, wienie roast



Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:

Supper
   the principal meal of the day among the Jews. It was partaken of
   in the early part of the evening (Mark 6:21; John 12:2; 1 Cor.
   11:21). (See LORD'S SUPPER.)