saloniste

plural salonistes · alternative salonist

1. historicalOne who attends salons (social gatherings).

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   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.”

   2007 July 24, Michelle Green, “The Bloomsburys and Other Marital Experimenters”, in New York Times