01 n. A spacious and elegant apartment for the reception of company or for works of art; a hall of reception, esp. a hall for public entertainmen…
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A spacious and elegant apartment for the reception of company or for works of art; a hall of reception, esp. a hall for public entertainments or amusements; a large room or parlor; as, the saloon of a steamboat.“The gilden saloons in which the first magnates of the realm . . . gave banquets and balls.” — Macaulay.
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Popularly, a public room for specific uses; esp., a barroom or grogshop; as, a drinking saloon; an eating saloon; a dancing saloon.“We hear of no hells, or low music halls, or low dancing saloons [at Athens.]” — J. P. Mahaffy.