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saloon

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sa⋅loon

  [suh-loon]
–noun
1. a place for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drinks.
2. a room or place for general use for a specific purpose: a dining saloon on a ship.
3. a large cabin for the common use of passengers on a passenger vessel.
4. British.
a. (in a tavern or pub) a section of a bar or barroom separated from the public bar and often having more comfortable furnishings and a quieter atmosphere.
b. saloon car.
5. a drawing room or reception room.
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Origin:
1720–30; var. of salon
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sa·loon   (sə-lōōn')   
n.  

  1. A place where alcoholic drinks are sold and drunk; a tavern.

  2. A large room or hall for receptions, public entertainment, or exhibitions.

  3. Nautical

    1. The officers' dining and social room on a cargo ship.

    2. A large social lounge on a passenger ship.

  4. Chiefly British A sedan automobile.


[French salon, salon; see salon.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

saloon 
1728, Anglicized form of salon (q.v.), and originally used interchangeable with it. Meaning large hall in a public place (esp. a passenger boat) is from c.1835, also used of railway cars furnished like drawing rooms. Sense of "public bar" developed by 1841, Amer.Eng.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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