Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DRAWING-ROOM
n. 1. A room appropriated for the reception of company; a room in which distinguished personages hold levees, or private persons receive parties. It is written by Coxe, withdrawing-room, a room to which company withdraws from the dining-room.
2. The company assembled in a drawing-room.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DRAWING-ROOM
Draw "ing-room `, n. Etym: [Abbrev. fr. withdraw-ing-room.]
1. A room appropriated for the reception of company; a room to which company withdraws from the dining room.
2. The company assembled in such a room; also, a reception of company in it; as, to hold a drawing-room. He [Johnson ] would amaze a drawing-room by suddenly ejaculating a clause of the Lord's Prayer. Macaulay. Drawing-room car. See Palace car, under Car.
Duden Dictionary
Drawing-Room
Draw ing-Room, Dra w ing room Substantiv, maskulin , der Drawingroom |ˈdrɔːɪŋruːm ˈdrɔːɪŋruːm |der Drawing-Room; Genitiv: des Drawing-Rooms, Plural: die Drawing-Rooms der Drawingroom; Genitiv: des Drawingrooms, Plural: die Drawingrooms englisch ; »Zimmer, in das man sich zurückzieht «englische Bezeichnung für: Empfangs- und Gesellschaftszimmer
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