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- debutante noun /ˈdɛbyʊˌtɑnt/ (informal deb) a young, rich woman who is going to upper-class social events for the first time
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.
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.
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:...
The meaning of DEBUTANTE is one making a debut : debutant; especially : a young woman making her formal entrance into society.
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