Salome (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. the daughter of Herodias, who is said to have danced for Herod Antipas and so pleased him that he granted her mother's request for the head of John the Baptist. Matthew 14:6–11 (not mentioned by name here).
  2. a one-act opera (1905) by Richard Strauss based on a drama by Oscar Wilde.
  3. a female given name.
noun
  1. the daughter of Herodias, at whose instigation she beguiled Herod by her seductive dancing into giving her the head of John the Baptist
Salome (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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