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A large public room in a mansion, palace, etc., used to receive guests and hold banquets, dances, and other events. Obsolete. rare.
(a) A large and lofty apartment serving as one of the principal reception rooms in a palace or other great house. (b) A room, more or less…
(a) = salon, n. 1(a). (b) = salon, n. 1(b). Now U.S.
(a) = salon, n. 1(a). (b) = salon, n. 1(b) (Only with reference to Italy.)