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1. (n.) parlor
a room in a home for receiving visitors; living room.
2. parlor
a shop or business establishment:
ice-cream parlor; beauty parlor.
3. parlor
a somewhat private room in a hotel, club, or the like for relaxation, conversation, etc.; lounge.
4. (adj.) parlor
advocating a political view or doctrine at a safe remove from actual involvement or commitment to action:
parlor socialist.
Etymology: (1175–1225; ME parlur < AF; OF parleor=parl(er) to speak (see parley ) +-eor -or2)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) parlor, parlour
reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received
2. (noun) living room, living-room, sitting room, front room, parlor, parlour
a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Parlor
a room for business or social conversation, for the reception of guests, etc
2. (noun) Parlor
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
3. (noun) Parlor
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
4. (noun) Parlor
commonly, in the United States, a drawing-room, or the room where visitors are received and entertained
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