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Parlance definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

P`ARLANCE, n. Conversation; discourse; talk.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language [syn: parlance, idiom]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle French, from Old French, from parler Date: 1577 1. speech; especially formal debate or parley 2. manner or mode of speech ; idiom

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a particular way of speaking, esp. as regards choice of words, idiom, etc. Etymology: OF f. parler speak, ult. f. L parabola (see PARABLE): in LL = 'speech'

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Parlance Par"lance, n. [OF., fr. F. parler to speak. See Parley.] Conversation; discourse; talk; diction; phrase; as, in legal parlance; in common parlance. A hate of gossip parlance and of sway. --Tennyson.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

You use parlance when indicating that the expression you are using is normally used by a particular group of people. (FORMAL) The phrase is common diplomatic parlance for spying. N-UNCOUNT: supp N, usu in N

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Conversation, discourse, talk, phrase.

Moby Thesaurus

choice of words, composition, dialect, diction, expression, formulation, grammar, idiom, jargon, language, langue, lingo, lingua, locution, parole, personal usage, phrase, phraseology, phrasing, rhetoric, speech, talk, tongue, usage, use of words, usus loquendi, verbiage, wordage, wording