stateroom

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noun

An apartment in a palace or great house for use on ceremonial occasions.

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Meanings

nounstateroom (plural staterooms)

plural staterooms · alternative state room · alternative state-room

  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.

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

    1987, Gene Wolfe, chapter III, in The Urth of the New Sun, 1st US edition, New York: Tor Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 18
  3. USA private cabin in a ship or train.
    1 more example

    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.

    1947 January and February, “South African Royal Train”, in Railway Magazine, pages 36, 47

Origin

From state + room.

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Translations

Bulgarian каюта, купе
  • каюта (kajuta)private cabin on a ship
  • купе (kupe)private cabin on a train

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

stateroom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stateroom

MLA

“stateroom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stateroom. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stateroom,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stateroom.

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