stateroom

[steyt-room, -roo m]

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noun

a private room or compartment on a ship, train, etc.

Origin of stateroom

First recorded in 1695–1705; state + room

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Related Words for stateroom

arena, theater, gymnasium, amphitheater, lounge, chamber, church, gallery, auditorium, ballroom, gym, salon, casino, mart, armory, lyceum, refectory

Examples from the Web for stateroom

Historical Examples of stateroom

There in his stateroom, cornered, he received me with a grim reluctance.
The Harbor
Ernest Poole
"True," she said coolly, pausing before the door of her stateroom.
Priestess of the Flame
Sewell Peaslee Wright
Labe fenced off half the cellar to make a stateroom for the pig.
Thankful's Inheritance
Joseph C. Lincoln
Got a stateroom all to yourself; name on the door, and everything complete.
Cap'n Warren's Wards
Joseph C. Lincoln
A few minutes afterwards he went into his stateroom and shut the door.
The Portygee
Joseph Crosby Lincoln

British Dictionary definitions for stateroom

stateroom

noun

a private cabin or room on a ship, train, etc

mainly British a large room in a palace or other building for use on state occasions

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Word Origin and History for stateroom

1703, room reserved for ceremonial occasions; earlier (1650s) "a captain's cabin;" from state (n.1) in a sense also preserved in stately + room (n.).