parlor

The definition of a parlor is a room that is set aside for conversation or receiving guests, or a shop that provides a specific service.

(noun)

A formal living room in your home where you invite company to sit and chat when they come over for Christmas dinner is an example of a parlor.
A business that conducts funerals is an example of a funeral parlor.

See parlor in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

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

Origin: ME parlour < OFr parleor < parler: see parley

Brit. sp. parlour

See parlor in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A room in a private home set apart for the entertainment of visitors.
A small lounge or sitting room affording limited privacy, as at an inn or tavern.
A room equipped and furnished for a special function or business: a tanning parlor.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English parlur

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from parler, to talk; see parley

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