(in the US and Canada) a comfortable railway coach with individual reserved seats
parlor car in American English
US
a comfortable railroad passenger car with individual seats
parlor car in American English
noun
a railroad passenger car that has individual reserved seats and is more comfortablethan a day coach
Word origin
[1855–60]This word is first recorded in the period 1855–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: barrage, boilerplate, lavabo, output, superheat