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PARLOUR definition: 1. a business that provides a stated type of personal service or sells a stated product: 2…. Learn more.
A parlour (or parlor) is a reception room or public space. In medieval Christian Europe, the "outer parlour" was the room where the monks or nuns conducted business with those outside the monastery and the "inner parlour" was used for necessary conversation between resident members.
Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of the word parlour, an old-fashioned term for a room in a private house. Find out how to use it in compounds and see synonyms and related words.
Learn the origin, synonyms, and usage of the word parlor, which can mean a room for conversation, a business place, or an adjective for something secluded or advocated. See examples of parlor in sentences and related phrases and articles.
The wind is howling, and the rain is pelting against the parlour windows of the Banking-house, whose blinds are drawn close down. From Project Gutenberg He just got a good holt–a shore enough diamond hitch–on that thirst-parlour dawg, and chawed.
noun. (also parlor) a room in a ( usually small) house used for sitting in and for entertaining guests. ruang tamu. the front parlour/parlor. room (s) for customers usually of firms providing particular services. salon. a beauty parlour/parlor. a funeral parlour/parlor.
Learn the meaning, etymology, and usage of the words parlour and parlor, which can be nouns or adjectives. Find out the historical and regional variations of these terms, and their related compounds and derived words.
