Usually means: Gesture showing respect or recognition.
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  1. salutes: Merriam-Webster
  2. salutes: Collins English Dictionary
  3. salutes: Vocabulary.com
  4. Salutes, salutes: Wordnik
  5. salutes: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. salutes: Wiktionary
  7. salutes: Dictionary.com
  8. salutes: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. salutes: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. salutes: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (salute)

noun:  An utterance or gesture expressing greeting or honor towards someone, (now especially) a formal, non-verbal gesture made with the arms or hands in any of various specific positions.
noun:  A kiss, offered in salutation.
noun:  (military, nautical) A discharge of cannon or similar arms, as a mark of honour or respect.
noun:  A pyrotechnic device primarily designed to produce a loud bang.
verb:  (ambitransitive) To make a gesture in honor of (someone or something).
verb:  To act in thanks, honor, or tribute; to thank or extend gratitude; to praise.
verb:  (Ireland, informal) to wave, to acknowledge an acquaintance.
verb:  To address, as with expressions of kind wishes and courtesy; to greet; to hail.
verb:  To promote the welfare and safety of; to benefit; to gratify.
verb:  (archaic) To kiss.
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