Soiree

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Soiree \Soi`ree"\, n. [F., fr. soir evening, fr. L. serus late,
     serum late time. Cf. {Serenade}.]
     An evening party; -- distinguished from levee, and
     matin['e]e.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  soiree
       n : a party of people assembled in the evening (usually at a
           private house)

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  58 Moby Thesaurus words for "soiree":
     affair, assemblee, assembly, assignation, at home, ball, brawl,
     caucus, colloquium, commission, committee, conclave, concourse,
     congregation, congress, conventicle, convention, convocation,
     council, dance, date, diet, eisteddfod, evening, festivity, fete,
     forgathering, forum, gathering, get-together, housewarming, levee,
     matinee, meet, meeting, panel, party, plenum, prom, quorum, rally,
     reception, rendezvous, reunion, salon, seance, session, shindig,
     sit-in, sitting, sociable, social, social affair, social gathering,
     symposium, synod, turnout, wake