: lunch
especially
: a formal usually midday meal as part of a meeting or for entertaining a guest
a company luncheon
a fund-raising luncheon
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Eventually, Whitney throws her napkin and storms out of the luncheon, as Real Housewives are wont to do.
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Tom Smyth, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
The Empowered Vision Award will be celebrated Friday with a luncheon in Paris at Victoria Paris.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2025
Senators meet for weekly caucus luncheons.
—Cate Martel, The Hill, 30 Sep. 2025
The luncheon was hosted by Prevent Cancer Foundation’s Congressional Families Program.
—Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
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Tom Smyth, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
The Empowered Vision Award will be celebrated Friday with a luncheon in Paris at Victoria Paris.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2025
Senators meet for weekly caucus luncheons.
—Cate Martel, The Hill, 30 Sep. 2025
The luncheon was hosted by Prevent Cancer Foundation’s Congressional Families Program.
—Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Luncheon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/luncheon. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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luncheon
noun
lun·cheon
ˈlən-chən 
: a light meal at midday
especially
: a formal lunch
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