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   parlour

   /ˈpɑːlə/

   noun

   • 1. a sitting room in a private house: dated "they had lunch in the parlour" Similar sitting roomliving roomloungefront roombest roomdrawing roommorning roomsalonreception room
   • 2. a room in a public building for receiving guests: "the mayor's parlour"
   • ▪ a room in a monastery or convent that is set aside for conversation.
   • 3. a shop or business providing specified goods or services: "an ice-cream parlour" Similar salonshopestablishmentstore
   • 4. a room or building equipped for milking cows.

   adjective

   • 1. denoting a person who professes belief in but does not actively support a specified (especially radical) political view: derogatory "urban intellectuals and parlour revolutionaries"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French parlur ‘place for speaking’, from Latin parlare ‘speak’.

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   What is parlour?

   • (in compounds) (especially North American English) a shop that provides particular goods or services Definition of parlour noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   What is the meaning of parlor?

   • 2. a shop or business establishment: ice-cream parlor; beauty parlor. 3. a somewhat private room in a hotel, club, or the like for relaxation, conversation, etc.; lounge. 4. advocating a political view or doctrine at a safe remove from actual involvement or commitment to action: parlor socialist.

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   What is a parlour in a dungeon?

   • Parloir, Parlour, in Nunneries, a little Room, or Closet, where People talk to the Nuns, thro' a Kind of Grated Window... Antiently, there were also Parlours in the Convents of Monks, where the Novices used to converse together, at the Hours of Recreation. A chat with us in the parlour.

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   What is a hoary parlour game?

   • There is a hoary parlour game in which participants are challenged to name ten famous Belgians. There are five reception rooms, a parlour, pantry and china store room. 6 meanings: 1. old-fashioned a living room, esp one kept tidy for the reception of visitors 2. a reception room in a priest's....

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   Parlour is a noun that can mean a business that provides a service or sells a product, or a room in a private house for relaxing or entertaining guests. Learn how to pronounce parlour and see translations in different languages.

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   a reception room in a priest's house, convent, etc. a small room for guests away from the public rooms in an inn, club, etc. a room or shop equipped as a place of business. a billiard parlor. a small shop, esp one selling cakes and nonalcoholic drinks.

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   A parlour is a room for sitting in or entertaining visitors, or a shop that provides particular goods or services. Learn how to pronounce, spell and use this word in different contexts with Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

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   Parlour is a British variant of parlor, meaning a room for receiving visitors or a place of business. Find out the origin, usage, and translations of parlour in different contexts and languages.

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   A parlour is a room in a house for sitting in, or a type of shop that provides a service. Learn the pronunciation, word origin, and usage of parlour in British and American English.

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   PARLOUR meaning: 1. a business that provides a stated type of personal service or sells a stated product: 2…. Learn more.

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   A shop or business premises (originally one comfortably or lavishly furnished and decorated) which provides a particular service or commodity. Usually with distinguishing word, as beauty, beer, funeral, ice-cream, pizza parlour, etc. 1863. Ladies ige cream [sic] parlor!