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master bedroom en · NOUN

Etymology

First use appears c. 1920 in Sears catalogues.

Meanings

1. A room in a house, in which the head of the household sleeps, typically larger and better furnished than other bedrooms.
   • His entire adult life he had lived in the two-bed flat above the shop, sharing the space with his parents. Frank was in the spare room at the back. His parents had the master bedroom, with a big sash window that overlooked the high street. 2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian:

Forms

Synonyms

primary bedroom

Translations (8)

de Hauptschlafzimmer (large bedroom) · fr suite parentale (large bedroom) · fi isännän makuuhuone (large bedroom) · pl główna sypialnia (large bedroom) · ru гла́вная спа́льня (large bedroom) · ja 主寝室 (large bedroom) · cmn 主臥室 /主卧室 (large bedroom) · ko 주침실 (large bedroom)