salon
/səˈlɑn/ noun B2- A large room, especially one used to receive and entertain guests.
- A gathering of people for a social or intellectual meeting.
- An art gallery or exhibition; especially the Paris salon or autumn salon.
- A beauty salon or similar establishment.
Plural salons
From the library
No sooner had Villefort left the salon, than he assumed the grave air of a man who holds the balance of life and death in his hands.
Morrel’s salon.
Villefort had, as we have said, hastened back to Madame de Saint-Méran’s in the Place du Grand Cours, and on entering the house found that the guests whom he had left at table were taking coffee in the salon.
“Yes, let us go to the library, please.” The marquis took his arm, and they left the salon.
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