n. Function: noun
1 a spacious elegant apartment or living room (as in a fashionable house) FF1C; her salon was decorated à la Louis XV FF1E;
Synonyms: drawing room, saloon
Related Words: parlor; suite
2 a fashionable assemblage of notables held by custom at the home of a prominent person FF1C; was famous for her literary salons FF1E;
Synonyms: saloon
Related Words: at home; reception; levee; evening, soiree