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Parlance

Parlance Meaning & Definition
Parlance Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Parlance?

[n] a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language

Synonyms | Synonyms for Parlance: idiom

Related Terms | Find terms related to Parlance: 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

See Also | expression | formulation

Parlance In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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