What does the word palaver mean?

Usage examples for palaver

  1. I think the Blackfeet have drawed off to have a palaver, an' won't be back for a bit, so I'll jist slip down the precipice by our secret path; an' if they do come back when I'm away, pepper them well wi' slugs. – The Prairie Chief by R.M. Ballantyne
  2. They are going to take a little suite of ten rooms and four baths in the Grand Palaver Hotel, and rough it there for the winter. – Further Foolishness by Stephen Leacock
  3. Stupid palaver like that might go down with some bigoted fool, but it will not affect a man of enlightenment. – The Progressionists, and Angela. by Conrad von Bolanden