salon

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sa⋅lon

[suh-lon; Fr. sa-lawn]

–noun, plural -lons [-lonz; Fr. -lawn]

1.	a drawing room or reception room in a large house.

2.	an assembly of guests in such a room, esp. an assembly, common during the 17th and 18th centuries, consisting of the leaders in society, art, politics, etc.

3.	a hall or place used for the exhibition of works of art.

4.	a shop, business, or department of a store offering a specific product or service, esp. one catering to a fashionable clientele: a dress salon; a hair salon.

(initial capital letter

) (in France)

a.	the Salon, an annual exhibition of works of art by living artists, originally held at the Salon d'Apollon: it became, during the 19th century, the focal point of artistic controversy and was identified with academicism and official hostility to progress in art.

b.	a national exhibition of works of art by living artists: Salon des Refusés; Salon des Indépendants.

Origin:
1705–15; < F < It salone, equiv. to sal(a) hall (< Gmc; cf. OE sæl, OS seli, G Saal, ON salr) + -one aug. suffix

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sa·lon (sə-lŏn', sāl'ŏn', sā-lôɴ')

A large room, such as a drawing room, used for receiving and entertaining guests.
A periodic gathering of people of social or intellectual distinction.
A hall or gallery for the exhibition of works of art.
A commercial establishment offering a product or service related to fashion: a beauty salon.

[French, from Italian salone, augmentative of sala, hall, of Germanic origin.]

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