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  1. May 15, 2015 · What does debutante mean?A spoken definition of debutante.Intro Sound:Typewriter - TamskpLicensed under CC:BA 3.0Outro Music:Groove Groove - Kevin MacLeod (i...

  2. The meaning of DEBUTANTE is one making a debut : debutant; especially : a young woman making her formal entrance into society.

  3. Dec 22, 2020 · When one thinks of a debutante ball, certain pop culture references spring to mind. Here’s one: “The business of her life was to get her daughters married,” Jane Austen wrote of the Bennet sisters’ mother Mrs. Bennet in Pride and Prejudice.

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  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › DebutanteDebutante - Wikipedia

    A debutante, also spelled débutante (/ ˈdɛbjʊtɑːnt / DEB-yuu-tahnt; from French: débutante [debytɑ̃t], 'female beginner'), or deb is a young woman of aristocratic or upper-class family background who has reached maturity and is presented to society at a formal "debut" (UK: / ˈdeɪbjuː, ˈdɛbjuː / DAY-bew, DEB-yoo, US: / deɪˈbjuː / day-BEW; French:...

  5. A debutante is a young woman, typically from an upper-class or aristocratic family, who has reached the age of maturity and thus, is introduced to society at a formal debut or presentation, often at a ball or similar event.

  6. a rich young woman who, especially in the past in Britain, went to a number of social events as a way of being introduced to other young people of high social rank: a debutantes' ball. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

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  8. A debutante is a young woman from the upper classes who has started going to social events with other young people. [ old-fashioned ] In the evening he would put on a dinner jacket and go to debutante dances.

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