## Meanings
1. a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax
2. reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received

## Examples
- Guests waited in the front parlor.
- Guests waited in the front parlor.

## Derived Forms
- nonparlor
- parlor-game
- parlorish
- parlorless
- parlormaid

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: parlour
- Root: parleor
- Root: parlātōrium

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English parlour, from Old French parleor, parloir, parleoir, from the verb parler (“to speak”); compare Medieval Latin parlātōrium. Doublet of parloir.

## AI Etymology
parlor is a noun meaning a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax. Inherited from Middle English parlour, from Old French parleor, parloir, parleoir, from the verb parler (“to speak”); compare Medieval Latin parlātōrium. Doublet of parloir.

## Topics
- House & Home

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