Parlor

Parlor
Parlor Par"lor, n. [OE. parlour, parlur, F. parloir, LL. parlatorium. See {Parley}.] [Written also {parlour}.] 1. A room for business or social conversation, for the reception of guests, etc. Specifically: (a) The apartment in a monastery or nunnery where the inmates are permitted to meet and converse with each other, or with visitors and friends from without. --Piers Plowman. (b) In large private houses, a sitting room for the family and for familiar guests, -- a room for less formal uses than the drawing-room. Esp., in modern times, the dining room of a house having few apartments, as a London house, where the dining parlor is usually on the ground floor. (c) Commonly, in the United States, a drawing-room, or the room where visitors are received and entertained; a room in a private house where people can sit and talk and relax, not usually the same as the dining room. [1913 Webster +PJC]

Note: ``In England people who have a drawing-room no longer call it a parlor, as they called it of old and till recently.'' --Fitzed. Hall. [1913 Webster]

2. A room in an inn or club where visitors can be received. [WordNet 1.5]

{Parlor car}. See {Palace car}, under {Car}. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • parlor — index chamber (compartment) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • parlor — [n] sitting room drawing room, front room, guest room, living room, lounge, reception, salon, waiting room; concept 448 …   New thesaurus

  • parlor — I. noun Etymology: Middle English parlour, from Anglo French, from parler Date: 13th century 1. a room used primarily for conversation or the reception of guests: as a. a room in a private dwelling for the entertainment of guests b. a conference… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • parlor — /pahr leuhr/, n. 1. Older Use. a room for the reception and entertainment of visitors to one s home; living room. 2. a room, apartment, or building serving as a place of business for certain businesses or professions: funeral parlor; beauty… …   Universalium

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  • parlor — n. 1) a beauty; funeral; massage parlor 2) a sun parlor (AE; BE has sun lounge) USAGE NOTE: The services offered by a massage parlor are often sexual rather than therapeutic …   Combinatory dictionary

  • parlor — par•lor [[t]ˈpɑr lər[/t]] n. 1) a room in a home for receiving visitors; living room 2) brit. a shop or business establishment: ice cream parlor; beauty parlor[/ex] 3) brit. a somewhat private room in a hotel, club, or the like for relaxation,… …   From formal English to slang

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