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Word: Parlour
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French parlur ‘place for speaking’, from Latin parlare ‘speak’
ˈpɑːlə
a sitting room in a private house
Short Definition:sitting room
Examples:- they had lunch in the parlour
- she knocked on the parlour door
a room in a public building for receiving guests
Short Definition:room for receiving guests
Examples:- the mayor's parlour
a shop or business providing specified goods or services
Short Definition:shop or business
Examples:- an ice-cream parlour
- a funeral parlour
a room or building equipped for milking cows.
Short Definition:room or building for milking cows
- parlor
Word: Parlour
Speech Type: Adjective
ˈpɑːlə
denoting a person who professes belief in but does not actively support a specified (especially radical) political view
Short Definition:supporting but not actively helping cause
Examples:- urban intellectuals and parlour revolutionaries
- parlor
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