supper

Etymology 1

From Middle English sopere, from Old French soper, from sope (“soup”). Compare French souper.

noun

1. Food consumed before going to bed.
2. Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon.
   We normally have supper at 7.
3. (Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England, slang) A meal from a chip shop consisting of a deep-fried food with chips.
   a pizza supper
   Roisin the savior paraded into the front room with three fish suppers, one sausage supper, one single fish, one single chips, a single sausage, a chicken and chips, and three curry and chips. 2014, Gerald Hansen, An Embarrassment of Riches

verb

1. To consume a snack before retiring.
2. To eat dinner (see above).

Etymology 2

sup + -er

noun

1. A drinker, especially one who drinks slowly (i.e., one who sups).