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Webster 1828 Edition
Parlor
P`ARLOR
,Noun.
Definition 2024
parlor
parlor
English
Alternative forms
- parlour (British)
Noun
parlor (plural parlors)
- The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 12, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
- So, after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor. 'Twas a dismal sort of place, with hair wreaths, and wax fruit, and tin lambrekins, and land knows what all.
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- (archaic) The apartment in a monastery or nunnery where the residents are permitted to meet and converse with each other or with visitors from the outside.
- A room for lounging; a sitting-room; a drawing room.
- (archaic) A comfortable room in a public house.
- (chiefly Southern US) A covered open-air patio.
- A shop or other business selling goods specified by context.
- A shed used for milking cattle.
Derived terms
Terms derived from parlor
Translations
room for talking, room for entertaining guests, living room
drawing room
shed used for milking cattle
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