Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Same as parlor.
  • noun A room in an inn or club where visitors can be received.

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  • noun A room for talking, especially the room in a monastery or convent where residents can talk with visitors.
  • noun dated The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests.
  • noun archaic A comfortable room in a public house.
  • noun A shop or other business selling goods specified by context.
  • noun A shed used for milking cattle.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received
  • noun a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax

Etymologies

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From Anglo-Norman parlur and Old French parleor, from the verb parler ("to speak").

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  • See all the Night Owls when they gather 'neath the neon lights

    They've been sleeping all day long, now they come alive

    See all the Night Owls when they gather, dressed up to the nines

    They're out to party and they'll keep it going 'til the morning light

    Blue-eyed boy is taking Cinderella for a ride

    Promising a glimpse of paradise

    "Come into my parlour"

    says the spider to the fly

    "We'll fake the game of passion

    and ward off all the nonsense in our lives".

    (Night owls, by Vaya con Dios)

    (Sorry if the quote is so long, I just wanted to give a context)

    June 24, 2008