What does parlor mean?
Definitions for parlor
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This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word parlor.
Princeton's WordNet
parlor, parlournoun
reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received
living room, living-room, sitting room, front room, parlor, parlournoun
a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax
GCIDE
Parlornoun
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; a room in a private house where people can sit and talk and relax, not usually the same as the dining room.
Wiktionary
parlornoun
A covered open-air patio.
parlornoun
A room for lounging (especially for reading); a sitting-room; a drawing room.
parlornoun
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 the outside.
Etymology: parlour, parlur, parloir, parlatorium.
Wikipedia
parlor
A parlour (or parlor) is a reception room or public space. In medieval Christian Europe, the "outer parlour" was the room where the monks or nuns conducted business with those outside the monastery and the "inner parlour" was used for necessary conversation between resident members. In the English-speaking world of the 18th and 19th century, having a parlour room was evidence of social status.
ChatGPT
parlor
A parlor is a room in a house, particularly a large and formal one, where people can sit, converse, and entertain guests. It's typically furnished with comfortable chairs, sofas, and often a fireplace. In the past, it was often the best room in the house, used for special occasions or when important guests visited. The term can also refer to a business venue offering specific services like beauty parlor, funeral parlor, or ice cream parlor.
Webster Dictionary
Parlornoun
a room for business or social conversation, for the reception of guests, etc
Parlornoun
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
Parlornoun
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
Parlornoun
commonly, in the United States, a drawing-room, or the room where visitors are received and entertained
Etymology: [OE. parlour, parlur, F. parloir, LL. parlatorium. See Parley.]
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
PARLOR
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Parlor is ranked #56588 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Parlor surname appeared 361 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Parlor.
52.9% or 191 total occurrences were Black.
38.2% or 138 total occurrences were White.
5.2% or 19 total occurrences were of two or more races.
2.2% or 8 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of parlor in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of parlor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of parlor in a Sentence
There's a classic parlor game of trying to find a little bit of daylight between running mates, if people want to play that game we could look into why an evangelical Christian like Vice President Mike Pence wants to be on a ticket with a president caught with a porn star.
For parlor use, the vague generality is a life saver.
It’s an amusing parlor game, it has no meaning in the real world, if they want to form the let’s elect Hillary Clinton club, fine.
If you're going to an Asian massage parlor, there's a chance that someone is not there willingly, most people don't need a massage at 4 a.m. ... It's not rocket science when it comes to the massage parlors.
Ludicrous ; Washington DC parlor game, this is the thing that the American people need to understand about Washington DC : It makes stuff up. It was wholly unfounded.
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