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wardroom
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gunroom \Gun"room`\ (g[u^]n"r[=oo]m`), n. (Naut.) An apartment on the after end of the lower gun deck of a ship of war, usually occupied as a messroom by the commissioned officers, except the captain; -- called wardroom in the United States navy. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wardroom \Ward"room`\, n.
1. (Naut.) A room occupied as a messroom by the commissioned
officers of a war vessel. See Gunroom. --Totten.
[1913 Webster]
2. A room used by the citizens of a city ward, for meetings,
political caucuses, elections, etc. [U. S.]
[1913 Webster]
