Definition of Parlour

1. Noun. Reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received.

Exact synonyms: Parlor
Generic synonyms: Reception Room

2. Noun. A room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax.
Exact synonyms: Front Room, Living Room, Living-room, Parlor, Sitting Room
Specialized synonyms: Common Room, Morning Room, Salon
Group relationships: Abode, Domicile, Dwelling, Dwelling House, Habitation, Home
Generic synonyms: Room

Definition of Parlour

1. Noun. A room for talking, especially the room in a monastery or convent where residents can talk with visitors. ¹

2. Noun. (context: dated) The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests. ¹

3. Noun. (archaic) A comfortable room in a public house. ¹

4. Noun. A shop or other business selling goods specified by context. ¹

5. Noun. A shed used for milking cattle. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Parlour

1. parlor [n -S] - See also: parlor

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parlour

parliamentary procedure
parliamentlike
parliaments
parlies
parling
parlor
parlor-game
parlor-games
parlor car
parlor game
parlor grand
parlor grand piano
parlormaid
parlormaids
parlors
parlour (current term)
parlour-game
parlour car
parlour game
parlour games
parlour grand
parlour grand piano
parlour skate
parlourmaid
parlourmaids
parlours
parlous
parlously
parly
parm

Literary usage of Parlour

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The woman in white by Wilkie Collins (1871)
"... and perfectly unintelligible, this time, to Louis, as well as to myself) hy the appearance, in the inn parlour, of her ladyship, the Countess. ..."

2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"Will ye just step into the parlour to Mi» Herbert ? ... The " parlour " was reached by a short passage leading from the arched doorway. ..."

3. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1847)
"A gentleman ! eh? ' One as rides a os'—is that it? Too good company for us foot passengers." ' " There is a gentleman already in the parlour ..."

4. Rutland Papers: Original Documents Illustrative of the Courts and Times of by John Henry Manners Rutland, William Jerdan (1842)
"Item, Maistre Symonds in Bred strete; hall, parlour, iij chambres, ... Item, Hugh Acton of the same strete; hall, parlour, ij chambres, iij beddes. v. ..."

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