- salute⇄noun saluter.
- salute⇄noun 1. an act of saluting; sign of welcome, farewell, or honor.
Ex. The queen gracefully acknowledged the salutes of the crowd.
2a. the act or gesture by which a person or thing, such as a superior officer or national flag, is honored or sh - salute⇄salute, verb, -luted,-luting,noun.
- salute⇄v.i. 1. to make a salute.
2. to perform a salutation. - salute⇄v.t. 1. to honor in a formal manner as by raising the hand to the head, by firing guns, or by dipping flags.
Ex. We salute the flag every day at school. The soldier saluted the officer.
(SYN) welcome, hail.
2. to meet with kind words,