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Definition of Parlour
1. Noun. Reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received.
2. Noun. A room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax.
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
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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