0 a formal evening meal to which a small number of people are invited: --
1 a social event where a number of people are invited by someone to eat a meal together, usually in the person’s home --
After all, even if one gives a dinner party one takes the precaution to find out whether the guests are likely to come.
It would be inappropriate to circulate any record of talks following a dinner party.
Being a woman of great character and courage, she made no answer but returned to her dinner party and finished the evening.
He was asked to every dinner party, and at every dance he might have been seen performing with ladies from dowagers downwards.
It is a one-sided story of a conversation at a dinner party.
But as the result of a dinner party at which these allegations were made we had this inquiry.
I dare say they find themselves networking informally at every dinner party that they attend.
The case was mentioned of the conduct of an officer while present at a dinner party, and an officer who carried on indecent correspondence.
