■ noun
1》 an establishment where a hairdresser, beautician, or couturier conducts their trade.
2》 a reception room in a large house.
3》 chiefly historical a regular gathering of writers, artists, etc., held in a fashionable household.
4》 ( Salon ) an annual exhibition of the work of living artists held by the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in Paris (originally in the Salon d'Apollon in the Louvre).
Origin
C17: from Fr. (see saloon ).