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parlor |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Parlor \Par"lor\, n. [OE. parlour, parlur, F. parloir, LL parlatorium See {Parley}.] [Written also {parlour}.] 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. 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. {Parlor car}. See {Palace car}, under {Car}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: parlor n 1: a room in an inn or club where visitors can be received [syn: {parlour}] 2: a room in a private house where people can sit and talk and relax [syn: {living room}, {livingroom}, {sitting room}, {front room}, {parlour}]
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