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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.
5. (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.
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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')   
n.  

  1. A large room, such as a drawing room, used for receiving and entertaining guests.

  2. A periodic gathering of people of social or intellectual distinction.

  3. A hall or gallery for the exhibition of works of art.

  4. 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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Cultural Dictionary

salon

A periodic gathering of persons noted in literature, philosophy, the fine arts, or similar areas, held at one person's home. Salons thrived in the Enlightenment.

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Word Origin & History

salon 
1699, "large room or apartment in a palace or great house," from Fr. salon "reception room," from It. salone "large hall," from sala "hall," from a Gmc. source (cf. O.E. sele, O.N. salr "hall," O.H.G. sal "hall, house," Ger. Saal), from P.Gmc. *salaz, from PIE *sel- "human settlement" (cf. O.C.S. selo "courtyard, village," Lith. sala "village"). Sense of "reception room of a Parisian lady" is from 1810; meaning "gathering of fashionable people" first recorded 1888 (the woman who hosts one is a salonnière). Meaning "annual exhibition of contemporary paintings and sculpture in Paris" is from its originally being held in one of the salons of the Louvre. Meaning "establishment for hairdressing and beauty care" is from 1913.
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