supper
Regional
- Meaning
- Evening meal (when "dinner" is the midday meal).
- Type
- Regionalism
- Used in
- Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Iowa, Deep South, Appalachia
What does “supper” mean
In much of the rural South and Midwest, "dinner" refers to the large midday meal and "supper" to the evening meal. Outside those regions the two are often interchangeable, with "dinner" winning.