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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024par•lor /ˈpɑrlɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a room in a home for receiving visitors:a front parlor.
- British Termsa shop or business establishment:a funeral parlor; a beauty parlor.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] parlour. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024par•lor (pär′lər),USA pronunciation n. - [Older Use.]a room for the reception and entertainment of visitors to one's home;
living room. - British Termsa room, apartment, or building serving as a place of business for certain businesses or professions:funeral parlor; beauty parlor.
- British Termsa somewhat private room in a hotel, club, or the like for relaxation, conversation, etc.;
lounge. - Architecture, ReligionAlso called locutorium. a room in a monastery or the like where the inhabitants may converse with visitors or with each other.
adj. - British Terms, Governmentadvocating something, as a political view or doctrine, at a safe remove from actual involvement in or commitment to action:parlor leftism; parlor pink.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] parlour. - Anglo-French; Old French parleor, equivalent. to parl(er) to speak (see parle) + -eor -or2
- Middle English parlur 1175–1225
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024par•lour (pär′lər),USA pronunciation n., adj. [Chiefly Brit.]- British Terms, Pronounsparlor.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: parlour, US parlor /ˈpɑːlə/ n - old-fashioned a living room, esp one kept tidy for the reception of visitors
- a reception room in a priest's house, convent, etc
- a small room for guests away from the public rooms in an inn, club, etc
- chiefly US Canadian NZ a room or shop equipped as a place of business: a billiard parlor
- Caribbean a small shop, esp one selling cakes and nonalcoholic drinks
Also called: milking parlour a building equipped for the milking of cows
Etymology: 13th Century: from Anglo-Norman parlur, from Old French parleur room in convent for receiving guests, from parler to speak; see parley |