[ˈsalɒn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an establishment where a hairdresser, beautician, or couturier conducts trade
(e.g: have your hair cut in a professional salon)

- a reception room in a large house

- an annual exhibition of the work of living artists held by the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in Paris from 1648, originally in the Salon d'Apollon in the Louvre


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Origin:
late 17th century: from French (see saloon)