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salon

Verified Fashion & beauty French in English
salon
salon

Definition

A room for receiving guests; also a beauty or hairdressing business.

From French salon.

Merriam-Webster records 1699 for this headword. The date refers to the dictionary’s recorded sense, which may differ from the meaning illustrated here. See the dictionary entry.

Example of use

She opened a small hair salon near the station.

Historical attestation

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salon

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