/ˈsælvəʊ/, /ˈsælvoʊ/
OriginFrom Latin salvo, ablative of salvus, the past participle of salvāre (“to save, to reserve”), either from salvo jure (“the right being reserved”), or from salvo errore et omissone (“reserving error and omission”).
- An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
“1649, Charles I of England (attributed), Eikon Basilike
They admit […] salvos, cautions, and reservations.”
- A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
- A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.
““Regard not that, my brother,” answered Magdalen Græme; “the first successors of Saint Peter himself, were elected not in sunshine but in tempests—not in the halls of the Vatican, but in the subterran”
- broadlyAny volley, as in an argument or debate.
“It was an impressive opening salvo from the Baggies, especially for a side that have made a poor beginning to what has been an admittedly tough start to their campaign.”
“Together, Johnson's plans mean that the clashes in parliament and the Supreme Court may be only the opening salvos in what promises to be the biggest constitutional storm in centuries.”
- The combined cheers of a crowd.
- ambitransitiveTo discharge weapons in a salvo.
- A surname from Italian.
- A census-designated place in Dare County, North Carolina, United States.
Formssalvos(plural) · salvoes(plural) · salvos(present, singular, third-person) · salvoing(participle, present) · salvoed(participle, past) · salvoed(past) · Salvos(plural)