saloniste

English

Alternative forms

• salonist

Etymology

French?

Noun

saloniste (plural salonistes)

1. (historical) One who attends salons (social gatherings).
   • 2007 July 24, Michelle Green, “The Bloomsburys and Other Marital Experimenters”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Lady Ottoline Morrell, the extravagant saloniste whose lovers included Bertrand Russell, was among those who insisted on preserving a marriage even in the face of disaster: a weak-willed, emotionally fragile politician, Philip Morell had a near-breakdown in his wife’s presence when he “launched into a wild confession that he had not one but two pregnant mistresses.”

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