Saloon /(sȧ*lo͡on")/

Sa·loon

Saloon

n.
  1. A spacious and elegant apartment for the reception of company or for works of art; a hall of reception, esp. a hall for public entertainments or amusements; a large room or parlor; as, the saloon of a steamboat.
    The gilden saloons in which the first magnates of the realm . . . gave banquets and balls.
  2. Popularly, a public room for specific uses; esp., a barroom or grogshop; as, a drinking saloon; an eating saloon; a dancing saloon.
    We hear of no hells, or low music halls, or low dancing saloons [at Athens.]