stateroom

English

Alternative forms

• state room

Etymology

From state +‎ room.

Noun

stateroom (plural staterooms)

1. An apartment in a palace or great house for use on ceremonial occasions.
2. A superior cabin for a ship's officer or captain.
   • 1987, Gene Wolfe, chapter III, in The Urth of the New Sun, 1st US edition, New York: Tor Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 18:

     It was not a nice cabin compared with the stateroom I had left.

3. (US) A private cabin in a ship or train.
   • 1947 January and February, “South African Royal Train”, in Railway Magazine, pages 36, 47:

     The King's coach includes His Majesty's suite comprising a study and stateroom with adjoining bathroom having inter-leading door. […] In the Queen's coach are the Queen's stateroom and bathroom, the Royal Family lounge, lady-in-waiting's compartment and bathroom, and dresser's room. […] Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret are accommodated in one coach, and each of the two suites comprises a stateroom with its adjoining bathroom.

Anagrams

• amorettos, roostmate