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Parlor

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Noun

1. parlor, parlour

reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received

2. front room, living room, living-room, parlor, parlour, sitting room

a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Parlor

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noun
1. 
a.  Archaic
a room set aside for the entertainment of guests; formal sitting room
b.  OLD-FASHIONED
any living room
2. 
a small, semiprivate sitting room or meeting room apart from the main lounges in a hotel, inn, etc.
3. 
a.  OLD-FASHIONED
a business establishment elegantly furnished to resemble a private sitting room
an ice-cream parlor
b. 
now, a shop or business establishment, often with some special equipment or furnishings for personal services
a beauty parlor

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Parlor

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n.
1. A room in a private home set apart for the entertainment of visitors.
2. A small lounge or sitting room affording limited privacy, as at an inn or tavern.
3. A business establishment with one or more rooms equipped and furnished for a special function: a tanning parlor; a funeral parlor; an ice-cream parlor.

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