parlor

[ pahr-ler ]

/ ˈpɑr lər /

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noun

Older Use. a room for the reception and entertainment of visitors to one's home; living room.

a room, apartment, or building serving as a place of business for certain businesses or professions: funeral parlor; beauty parlor.

a somewhat private room in a hotel, club, or the like for relaxation, conversation, etc.; lounge.

Also called locutorium. a room in a monastery or the like where the inhabitants may converse with visitors or with each other.

adjective

advocating something, as a political view or doctrine, at a safe remove from actual involvement in or commitment to action: parlor leftism; parlor pink.

Also especially British, par·lour.

Origin of parlor

1175–1225; Middle English parlur < Anglo-French; Old French parleor, equivalent to parl(er) to speak (see parle) + -eor -or²

Words nearby parlor

parliamentary government, parliamentary law, parliamentary private secretary, parliamentary secretary, parliamentary system, parlor, parlor car, parlor game, parlor grand, parlor house, parlor palm

Example sentences from the Web for parlor

But blame-the-candidate is a Democratic parlor game played when they lose local seats they should have won by the numbers.

Wake Up, Washington! |John Avlon |September 14, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Today, savant-like information recall seems more like a parlor trick than a mark of real intelligence: cool, but not enviable.

How We Lost Our Memory |Casey Schwartz |March 2, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Unwrapping her many layers has become the current parlor game of the media and blogosphere.

The Right's Favorite Atheist |Benyamin Cohen |June 13, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
After the parlor was raided by police, the woman was jailed and then deported to Moldova by the British government.

Hollywood's Sex-Slave Crusade |Dana Goldstein |November 11, 2009 |DAILY BEAST

His face would light up and smile as though he were actually sitting on the front porch or in the parlor with them.

Obama's Speech and the Burden of History |Harold Evans |January 20, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
His life was filled with receptions, dinners, and evening parties, or with parlor and evening concerts.

Atlantic Monthly, Vol. XII. July, 1863, No. LXIX. |Various
The floors of nearly every parlor and bedroom had been newly oiled.

Julia Ward Howe |Laura E. Richards
As he was hunting for them, he remembered his little flags that always stood in the corner of the parlor.

Bobby of Cloverfield Farm |Helen Fuller Orton
The moment Flyaway reached the house, she rushed into the parlor to tell her mother the news.

Dotty Dimple's Flyaway |Sophie May
"Martha has forgotten to light up the parlor," he said testily.

The Precipice |Elia Wilkinson Peattie

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BROWSE DICTIONARY

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parlor

noun

adjective

Origin of parlor

Words nearby parlor

Words related to parlor

Example sentences from the Web for parlor