Usually means: Specific way of speaking, terminology.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word parlance:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. parlance: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. parlance: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. parlance: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. parlance: Collins English Dictionary
  5. parlance: Vocabulary.com
  6. parlance: Wordnik
  7. parlance: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. parlance: Wiktionary
  9. parlance: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. parlance: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. parlance: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Parlance, parlance: Dictionary.com
  13. parlance: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Parlance: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Parlance: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. parlance: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. parlance: Rhymezone
  18. parlance: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. parlance: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. Parlance: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  21. parlance: Free Dictionary
  22. parlance: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. parlance: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. parlance: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Parlance: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Parlance: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See parlances as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A certain way of speaking, of using words; especially that associated with a particular job or interest.
noun:  Of a word, the quality of being lexicalized; especially as jargon or slang.
noun:  (archaic, rare) Speech, discussion or debate.

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