salute
/səˈlut/ sustantivo C1En español: saludo, salva
- An utterance or gesture expressing greeting or honor towards someone, (now especially) a formal, non-verbal gesture made with the arms or hands in any of various specific positions. · The soldiers greeted the dignitaries with a crisp salute.
- A kiss, offered in salutation.
- A discharge of cannon or similar arms, as a mark of honour or respect.
- A pyrotechnic device primarily designed to produce a loud bang.
Plural salutes
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“She will soon get over these things.” So saying, Madame de Saint-Méran extended her dry bony hand to Villefort, who, while imprinting a son-in-law’s respectful salute on it, looked at Renée, as much as to say, “I must try and fancy ’tis your dear hand I kiss, as it should have been.”
He clicked his heels together, raised his hand in a salute, and was gone.
But the skilful manner in which Dantès had handled the lugger had entirely reassured him; and then, when he saw the light plume of smoke floating above the bastion of the Château d’If, and heard the distant report, he was instantly struck with the idea that he had on board his vessel one whose coming and going, like that of kings, was accompanied with salutes of artillery.
Franz returned the salute by shaking his handkerchief as an exchange of signals.
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