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   debutante

   /ˈdɛbjʊtɑːnt/

   noun

   • 1. an upper-class young woman making her first appearance in fashionable society.
   • ▪ a woman making her first public appearance, especially in sport: "the women's team includes eighteen year-old debutante Katharine Merry"

   Word Origin early 19th century: from French débutante (feminine) ‘leading off’, from the verb débuter.

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