parlor
2 synonyms for parlor, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A room in a house used for sitting and talking with visitors.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English parlour, from Old French parleor, parloir, parleoir, from the verb parler (“to speak”); compare Medieval Latin parlātōrium. It is a doublet of parloir, and it displaced the native Old English word sprǣchūs.
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