Main Entry: ¹lob·by

Pronunciation: \ˈlä-bē\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural lobbies

Etymology: Medieval Latin lobium gallery, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German louba porch

Date: 1593

1 : a corridor or hall connected with a larger room or series of rooms and used as a passageway or waiting room: as a : an anteroom of a legislative chamber; especially : one of two anterooms of a British parliamentary chamber to which members go to vote during a division b : a large hall serving as a foyer (as of a hotel or theater)
2 : a group of persons engaged in lobbying especially as representatives of a particular interest group