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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A drawing room is a room in a house where visitors may be entertained. The name is derived from the sixteenth-century terms withdrawing room and withdrawing chamber , which remained in use through the seventeenth century, and made their first written appearance ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context British English) A multifunctional room that can be used for any purpose in a palace or castle. 2 (context British English) Any room where visitors may be entertained; now, the living room.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And knowing the rules, you don't allow smoking in the drawing room . ▪ Birds are the theme of the drawing room . ▪ But Charles and Elaine were sitting on the rug before the open wood fire in the drawing room . ▪ In one episode, ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a formal room where visitors can be received and entertained [syn: withdrawing room ] a private compartment on a sleeping car with three bunks and a toilet

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1640s, short for withdrawing room (see withdraw ), into which ladies would go after dinner.