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Webster 1913 Edition


Parlance

Par′lance

(pär′lans)
,
Noun.
[OF., fr. F.
parler
to speak. See
Parley
.]
Conversation; discourse; talk; diction; phrase;
as, in legal
parlance
; in common
parlance
.
A hate of gossip
parlance
and of sway.
Tennyson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Parlance

P`ARLANCE

,
Noun.
Conversation; discourse; talk.

Definition 2024


parlance

parlance

English

Noun

parlance (plural parlances)

  1. A certain way of speaking, of using words, especially when it comes to those with a particular job or interest.
    • 1836, James Fenimore Cooper, "Eclipse":
      To my childish fancy, it had seemed an imaginary flag-staff, or, in rustic parlance, the "liberty pole" of some former generation []
    • 1845, Charles Miner, History of Wyoming, Letter IX:
      We approach the contest, still known in the common parlance of the country, as "the first Pennimite War."
    • 1909, William Elliot Griffis, The Story of New Netherland, Chapter 22:
      The tourist's impression of the country to-day is that of a transported Holland, in which the official language is Dutch and the parlance of the people is "taki-taki."
  2. (archaic, rare) Speech, discussion or debate.

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Etymology

parler + -ance, or from an unattested Latin word.

Noun

parlance f (oblique plural parlances, nominative singular parlance, nominative plural parlances)

  1. discussion; debate

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