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debutante


Definition of debutante

noun

  • 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

Origin:

early 19th century: from French débutante (feminine) 'leading off', from the verb débuter

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