( US parlor )
■ noun
1》 dated a sitting room in a private house.
2》 a room in a public building, hotel, monastery, etc. for receiving guests or private conversation.
3》 a shop or business providing specified goods or services: an ice-cream ~.
4》 a room or building equipped for milking cows.
■ adjective derogatory denoting a person who professes but does not actively support a particular political view: a ~ socialist.
Origin
ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. parlur 'place for speaking', from L. parlare 'speak'.