Definitions for Drawing-room
draw·ing-room

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1. drawing-room

   A drawing room is a room in a house where visitors may be entertained, and an alternative name for a living room. The name is derived from the 16th-century terms withdrawing room and withdrawing chamber, which remained in use through the 17th century, and made their first written appearance in 1642. In a large 16th to early 18th century English house, a withdrawing room was a room to which the owner of the house, his wife, or a distinguished guest who was occupying one of the main apartments in the house could "withdraw" for more privacy. It was often off the great chamber (or the great chamber's descendant, the state room) and usually led to a formal, or "state" bedroom.In modern houses, it may be used as a convenient name for a second or further reception room, but no particular function is associated with the name.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Drawing-roomnoun

   a room appropriated for the reception of company; a room to which company withdraws from the dining room

2. Drawing-roomnoun

   the company assembled in such a room; also, a reception of company in it; as, to hold a drawing-room

3. Etymology: [Abbrev. fr. withdraw-ing-room.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Drawing-room

   draw′ing-rōōm, n. a room to which the company withdraws after dinner: a reception of company at court.—Drawing-room car, a railway-carriage fitted up as a drawing-room. [Orig. Withdrawing-room.]

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Drawing-room

   Originally “Withdrawing-room” to which the ladies withdrew after dinner while the gentlemen sat over their wine.

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1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Drawing-room in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Drawing-room in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Drawing-room in a Sentence

1. Dirk Astle:

   The drawing room table at the governor’s mansion was completely flooded with letters, i consolidated my gear into a carry-on and checked in two 50-pound bags of letters as my travel luggage. This all happened the day before I left.

2. Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay:

   A few more days, and this essay will follow the Defensio Populi to the dust and silence of the upper shelf... For a month or two it will occupy a few minutes of chat in every drawing-room, and a few columns in every magazine; and it will then be withdrawn, to make room for the forthcoming novelties.

3. Robert Smith Surtees:

   'Humph' grunted Mr. Romford, seeing his worst fears about to be realized. He had dreamt that he had timbled over a poodle in the drawing-room, and squirted a bottle of porter right into a lady's face. 'Who's goin' besides ourselves' asked Romford, wishing to know the worst at once. 'Better be killed than frightened to death,' thought he.

References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drawing-Room
2. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Drawing-room
3. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Drawing-room
4. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=Drawing-room